Hymenolepis indivisa (Harv.) Källersjö

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Hymenolepis

Characteristics

Single stemmed shrub to 1 m, sparsely branched in upper half; branches densely leafy above, glabrous. Leaves spreading, remaining ± equally sized and dense towards synflorescence, linear, 30-45 mm x 1-2 mm, acute, glabrous, margins revolute, coriaceous, green. Capitula aggregated into open, doubly compound corymbs, peduncles clearly visible, synflorescence 50-70 mm diam., peduncular bracts lanceolate to linear, 1-4 mm. Involucre narrowly ellipsoid, slightly constricted apically, 4-6 mm long, involucral bracts 8 to 10, unequal, lanceolate to oblong, 2-4 x 1.0-1.5 mm, glabrous, without scarious margins, brownish-gold. Florets 4 to 6. Pappus of basally united, lanceolate scales. Cypselas oblong to ovoid, 1-2 x 0.3-0.5 mm, ribs glabrous.
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Glabrous or pubescent shrub, up to 1.3 m high. Leaves alternate, entire, narrowly linear, glabrous. Capitula discoid, small, slender, many in much-branched corymbs; involucre narrowly ellipsoid; bracts glabrous. Corolla gradually expanded, funnel-shaped above, 5-lobed, glandular all over with short-stalked, biseriate glands. Flowering time Sept.-Nov. Pappus of basally united, fimbriate scales. Cypselae ellipsoid-obovoid to terete, glabrous, with 5-10 ribs.
Slender, few-branched shrub to 1.3 m. Leaves filiform with revolute margins. Flower heads discoid, small, crowded in rounded corymbs, yellow.
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Distribution

Hymenolepis indivisa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942529-1
WFO ID wfo-0000000361
COL ID 3NJXY
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Synonyms

Athanasia indivisa Hymenolepis indivisa