Pteronia mucronata Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pteronia

Characteristics

A low, much-branched shrub 1-2 ft, high; branchlets twiggy, short, glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly connate at the base, linear, ericoid, flat or concave above, rounded below, obtuse, 2-8 mm long, nearly 1 mm thick, with serrulate-ciliolate margins. Heads solitary, terminal, cylindric, acute at the base, 1.5-2 cm long, about 7 mm in diameter, Involucral bracts 6-7-seriate; the outermost broadly ovate, about 3 mm long; the innermost oblong-linear, about 1 cm long; all membranous and straw-coloured, with mucronate recurved tips, glabrous except the jagged ciliate margins. Receptacle flat, honeycombed. Corolla, 1 cm long, sparingly glandular; lobes lanceolate, subobtuse, 1.75 mm long. Anthers 4 mm long, acute. Achenes 4 mm long, densely villous. Pappus 1 cm long, bright yellow.
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Shrub, up to 1 m high; much branched. Leaves small, opposite, sessile, shortly connate at base; blade linear, apex obtuse, margins serrulate-ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. Heads discoid, solitary, terminal. Involucral bracts 6-or 7-seriate, imbricate, ovate to oblong-linear, membranous and straw-coloured, apex mucronate, recurved, margins jagged, ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Flowers: disc florets only, yellow; Jul., Oct. Fruit with cypsela narrow, densely hairy. Pappus of yellowish, subplumose bristles, biseriate.
Much-branched shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves small, opposite, shortly connate at base, linear, apex obtuse, margins serrulate-ciliolate. Capitula discoid, solitary, terminal; involucral bracts in many rows, imbricate, ovate to oblong-linear, membranous and straw-coloured, apex mucronate, recurved, margins jagged, ciliate, glabrous. Florets yellow. Flowering time not recorded for EC. Pappus of yellowish, subplumose bristles. Cypselae densely hairy.
Low shrub, up to 0.6 m tall. Leaves opposite, shortly stem-clasping at base, small, linear, densely set, margins finely serrate-ciliolate. Flowerheads discoid, solitary, terminal, cylindrical; involucral bracts membranous, with mucronate recurved tips and ciliate margins; disc florets yellow. Cypselas densely long-haired; pappus yellowish.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Pteronia mucronata world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240286-1
WFO ID wfo-0000062698
COL ID 4PZX9
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Synonyms

Pteronia dinteri Pteronia mucronata Pteronia mucronata subsp. mucronata Pteronia mucronata subsp. dinteri