Hippia montana Compton

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hippia

Characteristics

Suffrutex aromaticus, basi lignosus, foliis persistentibus, supra dense foliosus. Caules striata, minuti strigillosi, glabrescentes. Folia multa, patentia, pectinato-pinnatifida, molliter appresso-pilosa, glabrescentia, long. Ad c. 2 cm., lat.c. 1 cm., segmentis linearibus, acutis, glandulis minutis impressis, marginibus mesonevrisque infra prominentibus. Inflorescentia terminalis, densa, composito-cymosa, subcorymbosa, capitulis ad. 60 exstructa, pedunculus long, 3-5 mm., strigilloso-pubescens, nudus vel bracteam singulam lanceolatam gerens. Involucrum late campanulatum long. 3 mm., diam. 4 mm., bracteis c. 3-seriatis, exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis, sparse strigilloso-pubescentibus, interioribus cuneato-flabellatis, subscariosis, marginibus fimbriato-ciliatis. Flosculi exteriores 3-6, feminei, late orbiculati, acheaenio elliptico, utrinque hispido, alis 2, latis, involutris, scariosis, corolla verstigiale, stigmate subulato styloque brevibus. Flosculi disci ad c. 15, masculi, aurei, ovario verstigiale, corolla tubulare, medio constricta, dimidia parte infera cylindrica, long. 1 mm., supera campanulata, semilobata. Stylus gradati, ad apicem truncatum dilatans.
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Distribution

Hippia montana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:224886-1
WFO ID wfo-0000135317
COL ID 6LX7W
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Synonyms

Hippia montana