Lichtensteinia latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Lichtensteinia

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, up to 1.2 m high, aromatic, with large rootstock. Leaves radical, sometimes withered at flowering, rotund to ovate, shallowly lobed to trifid with obovate lobes, margins toothed but not aristate. Flowers yellow, in compound umbels on long, branched, hollow peduncles. Calyx with 5 thick, ovate, acute lobes. Stamens ± as long as petals. Flowering time mainly Nov.-Feb. Fruit crowned with persistent calyx, with prominent stylopodium, narrowly oblong; 5 primary veins with oil ducts under each; vittae absent from furrows and face of mericarps.
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Like L. lacera but leaves prostrate, rotund to ovate, rarely shallowly lobed to trifid with obovate lobes, margins dentate but not aristate and flowers yellow.
Distinguished by the large, rounded to broadly obovate leaves (or leaflets) with small, evenly spaced, dentate marginal teeth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lichtensteinia latifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:844302-1
WFO ID wfo-0001068185
COL ID 6PXSV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lichtensteinia latifolia