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Pentzia globosa Less.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pentzia

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub, up to 500 mm high. Leaves alternate, sessile; blade pinnatipartite, very short, scarcely as long as internodes or exceeding them, lobes short, linear. Heads discoid, ± 6-8 mm in diameter, solitary, on pedunculoid branches. Involucral bracts linear, acuminate. Receptacle epaleate. Flowers: disc florets only; corolla 5-lobed, yellow; Oct.-Jun. Fruit with cypsela wedgeshaped, 5-ribbed, with glands between ribs. Pappus an auriculately shaped scale, dentate.
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Similar to P. incana but differing in the following: leaves ±glabrous, sometimes 2-pinnatisect; primary segments of leaves 3–5 per side, arising regularly along length; involucre bracts of outer and middle series linear-lanceolate, without a hyaline margin; inner bracts with hyaline extension c. 0.2 mm long; mature receptacle conical; corolla tube much narrower than limb; corona c. 0.3 mm long.
Much-branched, dwarf shrub, up to 0.7 m high. Leaves alternate, sessile, pinnatipartite, very short, scarcely as long as internodes. Capitula discoid, terminal, solitary, on pedunculoid branches; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate. Florets yellow. Flowering time Sept.-May. Pappus an auriculately-shaped scale. Cypselae obliquely wedge-shaped.
Dwarf shrub, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves alternate, sessile, pinnatipartite. Heads solitary, pedunculate. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers yellow.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Ecological preferences unknown.
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Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Pentzia globosa world distribution map, present in Australia, Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236832-1
WFO ID wfo-0000060794
COL ID 76PMM
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Synonyms

Cotula globifera Pentzia globosa
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