Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri Domin

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pluchea

Characteristics

Woody shrub to 1.5 m high, subdioecious. Stems terete. Leaves obovate to broadly obovate, 25–40 mm long, 10–23 mm wide, 1.4–2.7 times longer than broad, entire or denticulate, obtuse, with very dense non-glandular hairs, not resinous; sessile glands present; petioles 0–6 mm long. Capitula solitary, narrowly to broadly campanulate, 6.5–7.5 mm long; peduncles 2–4 mm long; outer involucral bracts pilose and densely glandular, resinous, with margin fimbriate; inner bracts linear, 5.0–6.2 mm long, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, acute, with eglandular hairs on outer surface, entire on upper margins. Disc florets 3–10 or 30–50; corolla tube cylindrical, 5.0–5.7 mm long, pink; lobes 4, 0.6–0.7 mm long, glandular. Fertile achenes produced only by marginal florets, ellipsoid, 0.7–0.9 mm long. Pappus bristles of marginal florets 20–25, 3.8–5.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Inhabits stony hillsides, sand plains and scalded areas with Melaleuca bracteata.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:238822-1
WFO ID wfo-0000091778
COL ID 4KHXZ
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Synonyms

Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri Pluchea tetranthera var. cinerea Pluchea tetranthera var. tomentosa