Pentatrichia petrosa Klatt

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pentatrichia

Characteristics

Glandular-hairy shrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves distinctly petiolate, suborbicular-cordate, blade 10-35 mm long, lobed and toothed, glandular-hairy. Flowerheads solitary at branch tips, in loose corymbs, discoid, yellow, 10-12 mm diam.; involucral bracts numerous, imbricate, narrow-acuminate, becoming squarrose. Pappus of few bristles, glabrous below becoming barbellate above.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Pentatrichia petrosa world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236806-1
WFO ID wfo-0000089827
COL ID 7724C
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Synonyms

Inula petrosa Pentatrichia petrosa