WorldFloraDB - Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia

Characteristics

Plants with woody caudices. Herbage glabrous or sparsely hairy (floccose). Stems 1–3+, erect, branched distally, herbaceous, relatively sparsely leafy distally. Cauline leaves: proximal usually 1-pinnately lobed (lobes lanceolate to linear or filiform, sometimes antrorse, apices acute); distal linear to filiform (or pinnately lobed, lobes linear to filiform), ultimate margins entire, apices acute. Arrays of heads relatively open. Cypselae 1.4–2 mm. 2n = 18.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.9 - 2.0

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

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

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	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149709-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000088230
COL ID	5PY8W
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Malacothrix tenuifolia Malacothrix altissima Leucoseris tenuifolia Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia Malacothrix saxatilis var. altissima

WorldFloraDB 2024

Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia (Nutt.) A.Gray

Cliff desertdandelion (en)

Variety