Solanecio kanzibiensis (Humbert & Staner) C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Solanecio

Characteristics

Epiphytic rather succulent herb; stems 20–60 cm long, slender, rooting at lower nodes, leafy, pendulous, glabrous.. Leaves remote, petiolate; blade elliptic, 1–4 cm long, 0.5–1.7 cm wide, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, apex obtuse, glabrous; petiole slender, exauriculate, 0.5–1.6 cm long.. Capitula discoid, in small terminal and upper axillary corymbs; involucre cylindrical to obconic, 5–7.5 mm long; bracts of calyculus 2–3, lanceolate, 1–2 mm long, glabrous; phyllaries ± 8, 5–7.5 mm long.. Ray florets 0; disc florets ± 10, yellow or orange, corolla 5–6 mm long; tube glabrous, expanded above the middle, lobes 0.8–1.2 mm long.. Mature achenes unknown, ovary 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous; pappus 5–6 mm long.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Solanecio kanzibiensis world distribution map, present in Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943123-1
WFO ID wfo-0000122737
COL ID 4XZBY
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Synonyms

Senecio kanzibiensis Solanecio kanzibiensis