Nouelia insignis Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Nouelia

Characteristics

Large shrubs to small trees, 3-4 m. Leaves evenly alternate; petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade oblong to elliptic, 8-26 × 3.5-12 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially tomentose, adaxially glabrous, base obtuse to rounded, margin minutely callosely serrulate, apex obtuse to acuminate. Capitula solitary, large, erect, terminal, radiate, ca. 5 cm in diam.; involucre 2-2.5 cm in diam.; phyllaries ca. 7-seriate, abaxially tomentulose, outer phyllaries shorter, ovate-triangular, 3-5 mm, median phyllaries oblong, ca. 1.5 cm, inner phyllaries lanceolate or linear, 2-2.5 cm. Marginal florets 1-seriate, corollas white, bilabiate, outer lip ca. 1.5 cm; central florets many, deeply 5-lobed, lobes ca. 8 mm; anther tails ca. 2 mm. Achenes 1.2-1.4 cm; pappus ca. 1.5 cm. Fl. Feb-Jun. 2n = 54*.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Nouelia insignis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Nouelia insignis threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:234614-1
WFO ID wfo-0000017991
COL ID 47ZS6
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Synonyms

Nouelia insignis