Sericocoma avolans Fenzl

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Sericocoma

Characteristics

Perennial, glabrous or hairy herb or subshrub, 0.25-0.70 m high. Leaves opposite, linear, oblong, entire. Inflorescences of terminal heads, 1 or 2 flowers together with 1 or more flowers reduced to spines. Flowers all bisexual, solitary in axils of bracts; bracteoles 2, falling with fruit. Flowering time Jan.? Seed compressed.
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Shrub, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves opposite below, linear to lanceolate, pungent-mucronate. Flowers in terminal spikes, bracteoles with short awns, tepals silky, pink to purple.
Rounded shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves opposite below, linear to lanceolate, pungent-mucronate. Flowers in terminal spikes, silky, pink to purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.38 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sericocoma avolans world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61389-1
WFO ID wfo-0001046170
COL ID 6YJ49
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sericocoma avolans Kyphocarpa zeyheri Sericocoma zeyheri