Mikaniopsis tedliei (Oliv. & Hiern) C.D.Adams

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Mikaniopsis

Characteristics

Woody climber reaching several m in length; branches striate, tomentose-pubescent and glandular on young parts, becoming puberulous with age.. Leaves cordate, 6–10.8 cm long, 4.5–10.1 cm wide, base subcordate, margins sparsely dentate, apex acuminate, dark green and puberulous above, grey-green and tomentose beneath; palmately 5–7-veined from the base; petiole 3–6.5 cm long.. Capitula numerous in terminal and axillary corymbs to 22 cm long, disciform; stalk of individual heads 5–7.3 cm long; involucre hemispherical, 7.5–8 mm long; bracts of calyculus 3–4, lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm long; phyllaries 8–14, lanceolate, 7.5–8 mm long, acute, puberulous, margins scarious.. Outer florets female, to 8 mm long; inner hermaphrodite, corolla 6–8 mm long, lobes 1.3–2 mm long; style-arms with short hairy subulate appendages.. Achenes 0.6–2.1 mm long, 5-ribbed, glabrous; pappus 6.5–8 mm long, cream or dirty white.
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A shrubby climber like the last (Mikaniopsis paniculata).
Life form perennial
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Mikaniopsis tedliei world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Ghana, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:233334-1
WFO ID wfo-0000071461
COL ID 43BRF
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Synonyms

Gynura tedliei Senecio tedliei Mikaniopsis tedliei