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Microglossa mespilifolia B.L.Rob.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Microglossa

Characteristics

A vigorous scandent shrub, stems slender, branching, woody, striate. Leaves alternate, thinly hairy, up to 4 x 3 cm, deltoid, apex acute, base cuneate, margins with a few broad teeth, petiole up to 1.5 cm long. Heads broadly campanulate, c. 5 x 5 mm, many in dense terminal corymbs, these sometimes panicled. Involucral bracts in c. 4 series, lanceolate, pale with dark median elongated immersed oil sacs. Rays very short, white, disc flowers yellowish. Achenes c. 1.5 mm long, elliptic, compressed, with 2 lateral and 2 median [as mediam] ribs, thinly appressed-hairy. Pappus of numerous scabrid bristles.
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Scandent shrub, 0.3-4.6 m high. Leaves alternate, petiolate, deltoid, base cuneate, apex acute, margins with a few broad teeth, thinly hairy. Capitula radiate, many in dense, terminal corymbs, pedunculate; involucral bracts in 4 rows, imbricate. Ray florets short, white. Disc florets yellow. Flowering time Jan., Dec. Pappus of barbellate bristles. Cypselae elliptic, compressed, ribbed, thinly appressed-hairy.
Scrambling, softly woody shrub, 1-2 m, sometimes to 4 m. Leaves petiolate, deltoid and coarsely toothed. Flower heads shortly radiate, several in dense corymbs, yellow with dull white rays.
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 4.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Microglossa mespilifolia world distribution map, present in Mozambique and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232499-1
WFO ID wfo-0000046620
COL ID 42WWF
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Synonyms

Nidorella scandens Erigeron natalensis Nidorella mespilifolia Erigeron mespilifolius Erigeron clematideus Aster mespilifolius Microglossa mespiloides Microglossa mespilifolia
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