Othonna purpurascens Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Othonna

Characteristics

Stem shrubby-carnose, the branches nude below with woolly cicatrices; leaves somewhat fleshy, flat, glabrous, glaucous, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed to the base, entire or bluntly 1-2-toothed; pedunc. terminal, mostly forked, 2-headed, pedicels long; inv. sc. 5; rays purplish; achenes silky-villous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Othonna purpurascens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236115-1
WFO ID wfo-0000001473
COL ID 4B2PP
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Synonyms

Othonna purpurascens