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Gymnopentzia bifurcata Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gymnopentzia

Characteristics

Erect or decumbent shrub, up to 1.2 m high. Leaves opposite, bases connate and sheathing, blades simple or 1-3x dichotomously forked, lobes narrowly linear, glabrous to thinly or densely villous. Capitula discoid, small, in dense, terminal corymbs; involucre broadly campanulate; bracts in few rows, ciliate. Disc florets bisexual, corolla yellow, tubular below, campanulate above, glandular, with 5 ovate lobes. Flowering time (Aug.) Dec.-June. Pappus absent. Cypselae ± cylindric, 10-ribbed, long-papillose.
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Shrub, up to 1.2 m high; erect or decumbent. Leaves opposite; sessile, bases sheathing; blade linear, simple or 1-3 x dichotomously forked, lobes narrowly linear, glabrous to thinly or densely villous. Heads discoid, many in terminal corymbs. Involucral bracts in few rows, imbricate. Receptacle epaleate. Flowers: disc florets only, bright yellow; Apr. Fruit with cypsela cylindric, 10-ribbed, papillose. Pappus absent.
Erect or decumbent shrub, up to 1.2 m high. Leaves opposite, bases sheathing, blades simple or 1-3 times dichotomously forked, lobes narrowly linear, glabrous to thinly or densely villous. Heads in terminal corymbs. Flowers bright yellow.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Gymnopentzia bifurcata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211003-1
WFO ID wfo-0000137637
COL ID 3HSZN
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Synonyms

Gymnopentzia pilifera Gymnopentzia bifurcata Athanasia turbinata
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