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Laggera decurrens (Vahl) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Laggera

Characteristics

Bushy perennial herb to 2 m, woody at the base, all parts densely greyish silky-villous. Leaves crowded, linear-oblong, up to c. 4 x 0.8 cm, those on the flowering twiglets much smaller, sessile, decurrent on the stem in narrow wings, margins entire. Heads small (5-7 mm across, involucre c. 6-7 mm long), shortly pedunculate, 1-5 together in corymbose clusters at the tips of short lateral branches forming a leafy panicle. Involucral bracts in c. 4 series, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, about equalling the disc, purplish-tinged, villous. Flowers yellowish or whitish. Achenes 1 mm long, cylindric, appressed-hairy. Pappus of long slender bristles, persistent.
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Silky-villous, aromatic, perennial herb, up to 2 m tall, with winged stems. Leaves small, alternate, with bases running down stem, secondary nerves often conspicuous below. Flowerheads discoid, terminal, on straight peduncles, in a leafy, narrowly pyramidal panicle or subcorymbose at ends of lateral branches; disc yellow.
Silky villous herb, up to 2 m high. Stems winged. Leaves entire. Inflorescence a narrow terminal, dense panicle. Peduncle straight, heads held erect. Flowers whitish, yellowish or purplish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Environment

Found at elevations up to 1,830 metres.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Laggera decurrens world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:912745-1
WFO ID wfo-0000115501
COL ID 3RX45
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Laggera gariepina Blumea decurrens Laggera arabica Conyza arabica Erigeron decurrens Blumea gariepina Laggera decurrens
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