Pteronia oblanceolata E.Phillips

Species

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Characteristics

Branches glabrous. Leaves opposite, slightly connate, oblanceolate, subacute, attenuate at the base, 1-1.6 cm long, 2-3.5 mm broad, flat, fleshy, glabrous. Heads 15-20-flowered, sessile, terminal, 1.5-2 cm long, about 1.5 cm in diameter, obconic. Involucral bracts 4-seriate, ovate to lanceolate, obtuse or subobtuse, glabrous, with broad membranous margins. Corolla 1.2 cm long, tubular, somewhat dilated above, glabrous; lobes 2 mm long, lanceolate-triangular, obtuse. Stamens inserted about 2/3 down the corolla-tube; filaments 5 mm long, filiform; anthers 4 mm long, linear, lanceolate and acute at the apex. Style 1-4 cm long, terete; branches 3.5 mm long, linear, slightly dilated above, subacuminate, subacute, papillous on the dilated and acuminate portion. Achenes 3-5 mm long, oblong, softly villous, with long hairs. Pappus light straw-coloured, nearly 1 cm long.
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Low, spreading shrublet, up to 0.15 m tall, occasionally rooting along sprawling branches. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to spathulate, subacute, tapering and free from each other at base, flat, fleshy, glabrous. Flowerheads discoid, solitary, terminal, obconical; involucral bracts ovate to lanceolate, ± obtuse, glabrous, with broad membranous margins; disc florets white or pale yellow. Cypselas covered with long soft hairs; pappus straw-coloured.
Low, spreading shrublet to 15 cm, branches sprawling. Leaves spathulate, fleshy. Flower heads discoid, solitary, white, 15-20 x 15 mm; bract margins minutely ciliate and broadly translucent.
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Pteronia oblanceolata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240287-1
WFO ID wfo-0000096454
COL ID 6WMBZ
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Synonyms

Pteronia oblanceolata