Syncarpha gnaphaloides Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Syncarpha

Characteristics

Erect, white-felted shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves linear, ascending, margins involute. Flower heads discoid, solitary on long peduncles, fragrant, cylindrical, ± 10 mm diam.; bracts reddish brown, dry above, attenuate and sharply reflexed.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses food medicinal social use
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Distribution

Syncarpha gnaphaloides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252002-1
WFO ID wfo-0000008279
COL ID 7B7FD
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Synonyms

Syncarpha staehelinoides Syncarpha gnaphaloides Staehelina squarrosa Leysera squarrosa Leontonyx modestus Helipterum gnaphaloides Gnaphalium modestum Helichrysum staehelinoides Leysera gnaphaloides Staehelina gnaphaloides Serratula gnaphaloides Spiralepis modesta Astelma modestum Argyrocome gnaphalodes