Pteronia intermedia Hutch. & E.Phillips

Species

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Characteristics

Frutex circiter 30 cm altus; rami breves, glabri. Folia alterna, carnosa, lineari-oblonga, apice rotundata, 0.4-1 cm longa, 1.5-2 mm lata, breviter setuloso-ciliata, glabra. Capitula solitaria, terminalia, plus minusve urceolata, circiter 1.5 cm longa, fere 1 cm diametro, circiter 30-flora. lnvolucri bracteae 5-6-seriatae, superne incrassatae, marginibus anguste lacerato-membranaceis, exterioribus oblongo-ellipticis apice rotundatis 6-7 mm longis 5.5 mm latis, interioribus 1-1.2 cm longis, 3 mm latis obtusis. Receptaculum 5 mm diametro, foveolatum. Corollae tubus 7 mm longus, superne leviter ampliatus, lobis 3 mm longis 1.25 mm latis lanceolatis subobtusis. Antherae 3.5 mm longae, appendice lanceolato-ovato. Pappus 7 mm longus, setis basi connatis inaequalibus fere laevibus. Achaenium 2.5 mm longum, obovoideum, longe dense pilosum. Oct.-Nov.
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Shrub, up to 0.3 m tall. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong, apex obtuse, minutely bristly-ciliate to glabrous. Flowerheads discoid, solitary at ends of branches, contracted near mouth; involucral bracts with narrowly lacerate, membranous margins, apex rotund to obtuse; disc florets yellow. Cypselas densely long-haired.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Pteronia intermedia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240268-1
WFO ID wfo-0000083909
COL ID 4PZWP
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Synonyms

Pteronia intermedia