Pluchea dentex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pluchea

Characteristics

Woody shrub to 1 m high, bisexual. Stems terete. Leaves sessile, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 15–70 mm long, 2–7 mm wide, 4.5–7.5 times longer than broad, dentate to pinnatifid, acute, not resinous; both surfaces with sparse to moderate cover of stalked glandular hairs; sessile glands absent. Capitula solitary, campanulate, 5–8 mm long; peduncles 10–80 mm long; outer involucral bracts densely glandular-hairy, with eglandular antrorse hairs on margins; inner bracts linear, 5.5–7.5 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, acute to attenuate, smooth and glabrous on outer surface, with eglandular antrorse hairs on margins. Disc florets 14–25; corolla tube cylindrical, 4–5 mm long, pink; lobes 5, 0.4–0.55 mm long, glandular. Fertile achenes produced by all florets, narrowly ellipsoid, 0.8–1.2 mm long. Pappus bristles of marginal florets 10–15, 3.3–4.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Grows on stony ridges, creek flats and floodplains, usually in sandy soil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Pluchea dentex world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109778-3
WFO ID wfo-0000034403
COL ID 4KHXP
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Synonyms

Pluchea squarrosa Pluchea eyrea var. major Pluchea dentex