Solanecio mirabilis (Muschl.) C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Solanecio

Characteristics

Epiphytic succulent herb; stems slender, leafy, glabrous.. Leaves succulent, sessile, oblanceolate-spatulate, obovate or elliptic, 1.4–6.2 cm long (including 0.4–1.4 cm petioloid base), 0.6–2.6 cm wide, cuneate or attenuate into an exauriculate petioloid base, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded, glabrous.. Capitula discoid, numerous in terminal thyrses of stalked congested subumbelliform corymbs; stalks of individual capitula slender; involucre ± cylindrical, 6–7 mm long, 2–3 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 1–3, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1–1.5 mm long, ciliate at margins, obtuse; phyllaries 5–7 mm long.. Ray florets 0; disc florets yellow, corolla 7 mm long, tube glabrous, expanded in upper third, lobes 2 mm long.. Achenes 2.5 mm long, ribbed, glabrous; pappus 4.5–5 mm long.
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Distribution

Solanecio mirabilis world distribution map, present in Kenya and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Solanecio mirabilis threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943121-1
WFO ID wfo-0000028460
COL ID 4XZC3
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Synonyms

Solanecio mirabilis Senecio mirabilis