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Pentzia viridis Kies

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pentzia

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub, up to 300 mm high; aromatic, erect. Leaves alternate, sessile; blade pinnately 3-5-lobed, lobes linear, all spread in various planes, apices with minute bristle, bright green. Heads discoid, solitary, terminal; peduncle up to 20 mm long. Involucral bracts 3-or 4-seriate, apices membranous. Receptacle epaleate. Flowers: disc florets only; corolla 5-lobed, deep golden-yellow; Oct.-Jun. Fruit with cypsela obpyramidal, 5-ribbed. Pappus an oblique coroniform scale, lacerated.
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Much-branched, bright green, dwarf shrub, up to 0.5 m high. Leaves alternate, sessile, pinnate, lobes stiffly spreading, arising in more than one plane from leaf rachis. Capitula discoid, terminal, solitary, on leafy branchlets. Florets golden-yellow. Flowering time Nov., Dec. Pappus an oblique, coroniform scale, somewhat lacerated at margins. Cypselae obpyramidal, ribbed.
Bright green dwarf shrub, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves alternate, sessile, pinnate, lobes stiffly spreading, arising in more than one plane from leaf rachis. Heads terminal, solitary, on leafy branchlets. Flowers golden yellow.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Pentzia viridis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236866-1
WFO ID wfo-0000015354
COL ID 76PLT
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Synonyms

Pentzia viridis
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