Osmitopsis osmitoides (Less.) K.Bremer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Osmitopsis

Characteristics

Erect or ascending suffrutex, 0.15-0.60 m high. Leaves alternate, petiolate, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, acute, cuneate, margins serrate in upper half, upper leaves smaller and with fewer teeth, glabrous. Capitula radiate, solitary, terminal, pedunculate; involucre campanulate; bracts in 2 or 3 rows, imbricate, apically minutely and irregularly serrulate-dentate, sometimes purplish. Receptacle flat to conical, paleate, paleae as long as disc florets and somewhat enclosing them, oblong, apically irregularly serrate. Ray florets white. Disc florets many, yellow, tubular, gradually widening upwards, lobes 5, ovate-triangular. Flowering time Nov. Pappus crown-like, light brown, of scarious, subulate, basally connate scales. Cypselae brown, obovate-oblong, flattened or somewhat 3-or 4-edged.
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A small softly woody shrub. It grows 15-60 cm tall. It has slender erect branches. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and have teeth. The leaves are 15-80 mm long. The flower heads occur singly and are yellow with white rays.
Softly woody shrublet 15-60 cm with slender erect branches. Leaves oblanceolate, deeply to slightly toothed, 15-80 mm long. Flower heads radiate, solitary on long peduncles, yellow with white rays; pappus of subequal scales.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The leaves are eaten and used for flavouring.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Distribution

Osmitopsis osmitoides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:235750-1
WFO ID wfo-0000072189
COL ID 6TB3C
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Synonyms

Osmitopsis osmitoides Bellidiastrum osmitoides Osmites bellidiastrum Relhania bellidiastrum Osmites bellidiastrum Osmites lancea