Hippia simplicior Magee & B.Busch

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hippia

Characteristics

Caules diffusi, elongati, dense foliati, villoso-pilosi. Folia sessilia, reflexa, obvato-oblanceolata, bi-vel tridentata vel rarius integra, 1-1.5 cm. longa, 3-8 mm. lata, dense hirsuta, glandulis aurantiacis sessilibus ornata, demum minute foveolata. Capitula pauca, in cymas breves disposita, breviter pedunculata, pauciflora. Involucri bracteae 3-seriatae, exteriores 3-4, oblongo-ovatae, subacutae, 2.5 mm. longae, 1.75 mm. latae, 1-nerviae, longe ciliatae, intermediae obvatae, 3.5 mm. longae, dorso pilosae, margine pectinato-ciliatae, interiores circiter 5, spathulatae, dentatae, ciliatae, 3 mm. longae. Corollae tubus 1.5 mm. longus, a basi cylindrico late expansus, extra glandibus sessilibus ornatus, lobi lancealato-ovati, subacuti, 0.75 mm. lati. Antherae 0.75 mm. longae. Achaenia matura non visa.
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Sprawling, slender-stemmed shrublet to 20 cm. Leaves ovate, sometimes palmately few-toothed to lobed. Flower heads discoid, few in terminal umbels, yellow. Achenes broadly winged.
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Distribution

Hippia simplicior world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77131579-1
WFO ID wfo-0001336773
COL ID 3LZCS
BDTFX ID 125713
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Synonyms

Hippia integrifolia Hippia vahliana Ethulia paniculata Hippia simplicior