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Lasiosiphon microcephalus (Meisn.) J.C.Manning & Magee

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Lasiosiphon

Characteristics

Perennial shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.15-0.80 m high; stems many, from woody base, virgate, glabrous. Leaves alternate, subulate-linear, slightly incurved, channelled above, faintly keeled below. Flowers many; yellow; in terminal heads; involucral bracts ovate-lanceolate, glabrous except sometimes on margins. Hypanthium: tube with basal glabrous swelling, deciduous part hairy outside; sepals oblong, hairy outside, obtuse. Petaloid floral scales 4, clavate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous except for tuft of long silky hairs from base. Style short. Stigma capitate. Flowering time Jan.?.
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Perennial herb, up to 300 mm high; stems single or many; glabrous. Leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile; blade linear, narrowly ovate to narrowly obovate, 10-18 x 0.5-3.0 mm, apex acuminate or acute. Flowers: in sessile or pedunculate heads, surrounded by broad, membranous, brownish bracts, bracts ovate with apices abruptly acuminate, margins ciliate; petals 4; calyx with tube ± 5 mm long, dull yellow to orange; Aug.-Mar.
Perennial herb, 300 mm tall. Leaves linear, lanceolate to narrowly obovate, acuminate or acute. Involucral leaves much broader than cauline. Heads terminal. Petals 4, fleshy, clavate. Perfect anthers 8. Flowers yellow to orange-red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lasiosiphon microcephalus world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Mozambique, Malawi, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60473800-2
WFO ID wfo-0001330729
COL ID 3GMJQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arthrosolen microcephala Arthrosolen pimelioides Gnidia microcephala Gnidia thomsonii Gnidiopsis microcephala Lasiosiphon microcephalus Gnidia phyllodinea
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