Othonna ramulosa Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Othonna

Characteristics

Succulent-leaved shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves oblanceolate, mostly in tufts on short shoots, sometimes sparsely toothed. Flower heads radiate, solitary on short axillary or terminal peduncles, yellow; pappus of marginal florets elongated in fruit.
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Like O. coronopifolia but usually densely branched with leaves mostly < 25 mm long, mucronate, and peduncles shorter, mostly < 50 mm long, usually becoming spinescent with age.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Othonna ramulosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236124-1
WFO ID wfo-0000084867
COL ID 4B2PX
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Synonyms

Othonna ramulosa