Notobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee

Species

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Characteristics

Slender shrub, 0.2-1.5 m tall. Stem branched at ground level, branches usually remaining simple-stemmed or sparsely branched, glabrous. Leaves regularly arranged along the upper parts of the branches, (20)40-170 mm x (5)25-130 mm; blade narrowly ovate to broadly ovate, 2-pinnate. Ultimate leaflet segments very narrowly elliptic to elliptic or very narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 4-45 mm x 1-15 mm, entire though some leaves may be 2-or 3-lobed; base acute to attenuate; apex acute to obtuse, mucronulate; margins entire or very slightly crenate; venation pinnate; concolorous, green or occasionally glaucous. Petioles up to 35 mm long, sheathing usually along their entire length or less often at the base only. Inflorescence long (more than two times longer than the diameter of the primary umbel) or rarely short (less than 1.5 times as long as the diameter of the primary umbel), with 0-5 smaller lateral umbels. Primary umbel with 5-67 rays, flat-topped; bracts linear to lanceolate, apex acuminate, glabrous; rays 21-85 mm long, unequal, glabrous; bracteoles linear to lanceolate, apex acuminate, glabrous or sometimes sparsely scabrous, usually shorter than raylets; raylets glabrous. Flowers with sepals minute, 0.1-0.2 mm long, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous; petals glabrous. Fruit elliptic to broadly elliptic, 4.0-7.0 mm x 3.0-4.5 mm; mericarps homomorphic; median and lateral ribs very slightly prominent to prominent; marginal ribs relatively broadly-winged; commissural vittae narrow; vallecular vittae narrow.
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Shrub. Flowering stems up to 1.5 m high; branched at ground level, simple or sparsely branched, ribbed, leafy. Leaves radical, compound; blade pinnate; leaflets narrowly elliptic or narrowly ovate to ovate, 4-45 x 1-15 mm, apices acute to obtuse, margins entire or slightly crenate; petioles up to 35 mm long. Flowers: inflorescence a single umbel surrounded by reduced secondary umbels; yellow; Dec.-Mar. Fruit with flat mericarps.
Slender shrub with stiffly erect branches, to 1.5 m. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, > 20 mm long, leaflets elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, entire or some 2-or 3-lobed. Flowers yellow, in compound, flat-topped umbels, peduncle usually long, sepals minute. Fruit elliptic, mericarps dorsally compressed, dorsally ribbed, marginally broadly winged, homomorphic, vittae present, without additional rib vittae, rib oil ducts inconspicuous.
A herb or shrub. It is a stiffly erect plant and grows 1.2 m high. The stem have leaves along its length. The leaves can be 12 cm long. They end with 3 close leaflets. There can be 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets along the axis. The leaflets are sword shaped. They are 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The flowers are in a branched clusters. They are yellow. The fruit is flat and 6 mm long by 4 mm wide.
Shrub or shrublet, 0.2-1.5(-2.3) m high. Leaves (20-)40-170 mm long, distichous, pinnate to 2-pinnate, leaflets very narrowly to broadly elliptic or very narrowly ovate to ovate, usually entire. Flowers in compound, flat-topped umbels, yellow; rays 5-67, 21-85 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Fruit dorsally flattened, small, outline elliptic to broadly elliptic, 4-7 mm long.
Shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves pinnate, bipinnate or subtripinnate; leaflets ovate, oblong, entire. Umbels with many rays. Fruit obtuse at both ends. Flowers yellow.
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Mature height (meter) 1.1 - 1.35
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten.
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Edible leaves
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Distribution

Notobubon laevigatum world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77090276-1
WFO ID wfo-0000509850
COL ID 47V7D
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Synonyms

Notobubon laevigatum Laserpitium capense Bubon laevigatus Bubon latifolius Peucedanum camdebooense Sciothamnus capensis Dregea virgata Ferula laevigata Ifdregea capensis Ifdregea virgata Peucedanum abbreviatum Peucedanum virgatum Peucedanum capense Sciothamnus virgatus Dregea capensis Peucedanum capense var. lanceolatum Dregea capensis var. angustifolia