Hilliardia zuurbergensis (Oliv.) B.Nord.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hilliardia

Characteristics

Scrambling, much-branched, thinly to densely sericeous-pilose shrub, 0.5-2.0 m high. Leaves alternate, deeply pinnatilobate, hairy and glandular. Capitula radiate, pedunculate, solitary or laxly corymbose; involucral bracts 8-11, imbricate, rounded-oblong, with subscarious hyaline margins and obtuse-rounded hyaline tip. Ray florets white occasionally tinged pink. Disc florets 4-lobed, yellow. Flowering time Mar., June, Dec. Pappus absent. Cypselae elliptic-oblong, glabrous, adaxially slightly flattened and 3-ribbed, wall very thin, translucent and showing brownish black testa.
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Hilliardia zuurbergensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943983-1
WFO ID wfo-0000089791
COL ID 3LXGH
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Synonyms

Matricaria zuurbergensis Hilliardia zuurbergensis