Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae O.Hoffm.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pechuel-loeschea

Characteristics

Shrub, up to 1.3 m high. Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic or narrowly obovate-elliptic, sessile and decurrent on stem, margin entire. Heads in clusters of 1-3 at ends of branches. Flowers purple.
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A shrub. It grows 1.3 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval. They do not have a stalk. The flower heads are in clusters of 1-3 at the ends of branches. The flowers are purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.15 - 1.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open spaces, sometimes forming small colonies, at elevations from 90-1,340 metres. Alkaline and sandy soils in dry wooded grassland or open woodland, often abundant along roadsides and disturbed areas.
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It is a tropical plant. It often grows on riverbanks.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236543-1
WFO ID wfo-0000073781
COL ID 75W4N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pechuel-loeschea sericea Piptocarpha leubnitziae Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae Pluchea leubnitziae Vernonia leubnitziae