Othonna pavonia E.Mey. ex Dc.

Species

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Characteristics

Erect shrub, up to 1.8 m high, ± fleshy; stems reddish purple. Leaves sessile, up to 60 mm long, pale green, pinnatipartite, lobes linear. Inflorescence a terminal or lateral, few-headed, loose corymb; pedicels and peduncles straw-coloured; peduncles 2-or 3-forked, up to 100 mm long; pedicels shorter. Capitula 25-30 mm in diam.; involucral bracts 5, oblong, up to 10 mm long, basally connate; rays (5) and disc yellow. Flowering time July-Jan. Pappus of straw-coloured bristles, 8 mm long. Cypselae dark, glabrous, 2 mm long.
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Shrubby, erect, branching, glabrous; stem terete; leaves sessile, pinnatipartite, the lobes linear, thick, acute, entire or forked; corymbs peduncled, terminal and lateral, loosely few-headed, pedicels long; inv. scales 5, oblong, concrete at base; rays 5; achenes densely hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Othonna pavonia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236097-1
WFO ID wfo-0000019493
COL ID 4B2P4
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Synonyms

Othonna pavonia