Pteronia empetrifolia Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pteronia

Characteristics

A very dwarf viscidulous plant about 10 cm high; internodes scarcely 2 mm long. Leaves opposite, densely crowded on the short twigs, spreading, linear, keeled, obtuse. 2-3.5 mm long, flatfish above or channelled, thick, entire. Heads terminal, solitary, sessile, oblong-turbinate, many-flowered, 1.4 cm long. Involucral bracts yellowish, oblong, appressed, obtuse, opaque, horny, with a very narrow ciliate-lacerate margin. Flowers purplish. Achenes villous.
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Viscid shrub, 0.2-0.6 m tall. Leaves opposite, densely set, linear, thick. Flowerheads discoid, solitary, terminal on branch tips, ± obconical; involucral bracts yellowish, obtuse, margin narrowly ciliate-lacerate; disc florets purplish or yellow. Cypselas shortly hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pteronia empetrifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240247-1
WFO ID wfo-0000138533
COL ID 4PZVW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pteronia empetrifolia Pteronia foleyi Pteronia foleyi