Pluchea xanthina A.R.Bean

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pluchea

Characteristics

Woody shrub to 1.5 m high, bisexual. Stems terete. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 24–68 mm long, 4–17 mm wide, 3.8–6.4 times longer than broad, denticulate or occasionally dentate, acute, not resinous; both surfaces with sparse to moderate cover of non-glandular hairs; sessile globular yellow glands common; petioles 3–15 mm long. Capitula solitary, campanulate, 7–8 mm long; peduncles 1–6 (–16) mm long; outer involucral bracts with sessile glands and eglandular hairs, with entire margins; inner bracts linear, 6–6.7 mm long, 0.4–0.8 mm wide, acute, glabrous on outer surface, with upper margins entire. Disc florets 4–8; corolla tube cylindrical, 4.5–6 mm long, pink; lobes 5, 0.7–1 mm long, glandular. Fertile achenes produced by all florets, cylindrical, 0.9–1.2 mm long. Pappus bristles of marginal florets 9–13, 4.5–5.1 mm long.
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Grows in hilly terrain in eucalypt woodland, in sandy loam to clay loam soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Pluchea xanthina world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77117738-1
WFO ID wfo-0001332482
COL ID 4KJ39
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Synonyms

Pluchea xanthina