Syncarpha ferruginea (Lam.) B.Nord.

Species

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Characteristics

Robust, sparingly branched suffrutex, 0.15-1.60 m high. Leaves alternate, small, densely set, imbricate, narrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic, acute, callous tipped, entire, silver sericeous on both sides, sessile. Capitula discoid, solitary or few together on short, scaly peduncles; involucral bracts imbricate, lemon-yellow or tawny. Florets dark yellow or orange. Flowering time Aug.-Nov. Pappus of basally connate, plumose bristles. Cypselae grey, oblong or obovate, ribbed or angular, globose hairy.
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Closely leafy, grey-felted shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves oblanceolate, ascending, with long dry bristles. Flower heads solitary on short, bracteate peduncles, shallowly hemispherical, 30-50 mm diam.; bracts papery, yellow or rosy, acuminate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 1.6
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Syncarpha ferruginea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947253-1
WFO ID wfo-0000123720
COL ID 7B7FC
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Synonyms

Helipterum ferrugineum Xeranthemum ferrugineum Syncarpha ferruginea Helipterum spinulosum Astelma crassifolium