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Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt

Hédipnoïs de Crète (fr), Hédypnoïs faux rhagadiole (fr), Hédypnoïs polymorphe (fr), Hédypnoïs de Crète (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hedypnois

Characteristics

A low hairy annual herb. The stems are slender. They are spreading or curve upwards. They are branched. The leaves are narrowly oval and often broadest above the middle. They may or may not have teeth or lobes. The lower leaves often have wings. The upper leaves do not have stalks. The flower heads are dull golden yellow. They are 13-16 mm across and can occur singly or as several together. They are on thickened stalks, especially just below the flower heads. The florets have rays and the flower bracts are narrow. They curve inwards in the fruit.
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Annual herb with milky latex, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves rosulate, entire to pinnatifid. Capitula ligulate, on stout, rather long peduncles; involucre with bracts in 2 distinct, unequal rows. Florets bisexual, corolla yellow, dorsally sometimes with reddish or greenish stripes. Flowering time Oct. Pappus a small corona in outer florets, of few, coarse, basally flattened and scale-like, scabrid bristles in inner florets. Cypselae narrowly terete and incurved, enclosed by persistent involucral bracts.
Leaf blades 5-150(-250) x 2-25(-35+) mm Peduncles 2-5(-15+) cm Phyllaries (incurved in fruit), abaxial faces glabrous or scabrous to hispid. Cypselae 5-7.5 mm; pappi 0.1-0.5(-1) or 2-5 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in subtropical and warm temperate places. It grows on dry waste or cultivated land and on sand-dunes. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Usage

The leaves at the base are eaten raw in salads.
Uses animal food
Edible leaves shoots
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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Hedypnois rhagadioloides habit picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides habit picture by de Juana Eduardo (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides habit picture by Tristan Jaton-Maria (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hedypnois rhagadioloides leaf picture by astrid m (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides leaf picture by José Ayuste (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides leaf picture by Fàbregas Enric (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hedypnois rhagadioloides flower picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides flower picture by ladymora (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides flower picture by Patrice Nodet (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hedypnois rhagadioloides fruit picture by Pedrocchi César (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides fruit picture by Mario Cannata (cc-by-sa)
Hedypnois rhagadioloides fruit picture by David Delon (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hedypnois rhagadioloides world distribution map, present in France and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211686-1
WFO ID wfo-0000132458
COL ID 3K2QM
BDTFX ID 30936
INPN ID 100813
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhagadiolus hedypnois Hedypnois mauritanica Hedypnois annua Hedypnois polymorpha var. pinnatifida Hedypnois polymorpha var. cretica Hedypnois globulifera var. globulifera Hedypnois cretica var. monspeliensis Hedypnois cretica var. cretica Hedypnois polymorpha subsp. polymorpha Hedypnois cretica var. rhagadioloides Hedypnois polymorpha var. polymorpha Hedypnois cretica var. gracilior Hedypnois polymorpha subsp. erecta Hedypnois rhagadioloides var. rhagadioloides Hedypnois polymorpha subsp. monspeliensis Hedypnois polymorpha subsp. cretica Hedypnois polymorpha subsp. rhagadioloides Hedypnois cretica subsp. cretica Hedypnois cretica var. crepidiformis Hedypnois polymorpha var. tubiformis Hedypnois cretica var. pendula Hedypnois cretica var. rhagadioloides Hedypnois polymorpha var. monspeliensis Hedypnois globulifera var. tubaeformis Hedypnois cretica subsp. monspeliensis Hedypnois globulifera var. cretica Hedypnois cretica var. hyoseris Hedypnois polymorpha var. gracilis Hedypnois globulifera var. rhagadioloides Hedypnois cretica var. persica Hedypnois cretica var. oasicola Hedypnois rhagadioloides subsp. monspeliensis Hedypnois cretica var. gracilis Hedypnois polymorpha var. rhagadioloides Hedypnois polymorpha var. crepidiformis Hedypnois rhagadioloides

Lower taxons

Hedypnois rhagadioloides subsp. tubaeformis
WorldFloraDB 2024