Othonna quercifolia Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Othonna

Characteristics

Succulent shrublet, up to 0.4 m tall, with swollen, caudiciform stem and gnarled branches. Leaves crowded at branch tips, petiolate, oblanceolate, mostly 20-50 x 10-20 mm, variously toothed to lobed, woolly in axils. Flowerheads 1-few in lax, pedunculate corymbs, radiate, yellow; involucre campanulate, ± 8 mm diam., bracts 5, 8-10 x ± 3 mm. Cypselas 4-5 mm long, densely pubescent; pappus 15-20 mm long.
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Brittle-stemmed, succulent shrublet to 40 cm, from fleshy caudex. Leaves oblanceolate, variously toothed to lobed, woolly in axils. Flower heads radiate, 1-few in lax corymbs on long peduncles, yellow; pappus of ray florets much elongated in fruit.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Othonna quercifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236118-1
WFO ID wfo-0000125768
COL ID 4B2PS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Othonna quercifolia