WorldFloraDB - Othonna arbuscula

Characteristics

Di-or trichotomously branched, brittle-stemmed shrublet, up to 2 m tall, with stems leafless below, thinly or densely woolly on young parts. Leaves obovate-oblanceolate, narrowed to a petiole-like base, mostly 15-40 x 5-13 mm, entire or coarsely toothed. Flowerheads solitary on short or longer peduncles 10-20(-70) mm long, usually several at each branch tip, disciform, yellow; involucre narrowly campanulate, 5-8 mm diam., bracts 5-8, 8-12 x 2-3 mm. Cypselas ± 2.5 mm long, appressed-hairy; pappus 10-15 mm long.

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Di-or trichotomously branched, fleshy, often leafless shrub to 2 m, thinly or densely woolly on young parts. Leaves oblanceolate, sometimes coarsely toothed. Flower heads disciform, yellow, 1 or 2 at branch tips on short peduncles; pappus of marginal florets elongated in fruit.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.08 - 1.13

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:235957-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000136470
COL ID	4B2JV
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Doria arbuscula Othonna arbuscula Cacalia arbuscula

WorldFloraDB 2024

Othonna arbuscula (Dc.) Sch.Bip.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Othonna