WorldFloraDB - Lepidospartum squamatum

Characteristics

Shrubs or treelets, 10–250 cm, spreading or broomlike. Flowering stems mostly glabrous. Leaf blades (flowering stems) scale-like, appressed, deltate, 2–3 mm. Peduncles 0–5+ mm. Involucres turbinate, 4–7 mm. Phyllaries 12–23, ovate to lanceolate, sparsely tomentose or glabrous. Florets 9–17; corollas 5–9 mm. Cypselae 3.5–5 mm, 10–15-nerved, glabrous; pappi 5–8 mm. 2n = 60, 90.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.1 - 2.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Lepidospartum squamatum unspecified picture

Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1047389-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000006605
COL ID	6PC8J
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lepidospartum squamatum Senecio palmeri Tetradymia squamata Linosyris squamata Tetradymia squamata var. squamata Lepidospartum squamatum var. squamatum Linosyris squamata var. squamata Lepidospartum squamatum var. palmeri

WorldFloraDB 2024

Lepidospartum squamatum (A.Gray) A.Gray

California broomsage (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Lepidospartum