Synotis cappa (buch.-ham. ex D.don) C.jeffrey & Y.L.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Synotis

Characteristics

Subshrubs or shrubby herbs, rhizomatous. Stems erect, to 150 cm tall, often flexuous, densely lanate or arachnoid-tomentose, ± glabrescent when old, simple or usually branching above in synflorescences, leafless in lower part at anthesis. Leaves petiolate or sometimes subsessile; petiole to 10 mm, stout, densely tomentose, base often auriculate; blade broadly to narrowly obovate-oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 10-28 × 4-8 cm, papery, abaxially densely to sparsely fulvous pubescent on veins and densely to sparsely whitish tomentose, sometimes ± glabrescent, adaxially shortly densely to sparsely pubescent and sometimes thinly white arachnoid to subglabrous, pinnately veined, lateral veins 12-28, arcuate-ascending, base attenuate, margin finely to coarsely mucronulate-serrate, apically acuminate. Upper leaves and leaves of branches lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, gradually smaller. Capitula radiate, usually numerous, arranged in terminal and axillary usually 10-20-headed dense compound corymbs or thyrses; peduncles 5-10 mm, densely tomentose, with a few linear or linear-subulate bracts. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 5-7 × 2-4 mm, calyculate; bracts of calyculus ca. 8, linear-lanceolate, 3-5 mm, apically acuminate; phyllaries 8-13, linear-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm wide, herbaceous, densely tomentose, margin narrowly scarious, apically obtuse to acute and puberulent. Ray florets ca. 8; corolla tube ca. 2.5 mm; lamina yellow, ca. 3.5 × 1 mm, 4-veined, 3-denticulate. Disk florets 11-17; corolla yellow, ca. 5 mm, with ca. 1.5 mm tube and funnelform limb; lobes ovate-oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, apically acute. Anthers ca. 2.5 mm; anther tails slightly exceeding antheropodia; appendages ovate-oblong; antheropodia rather slender, basally slightly dilated. Style branches ca. 1 mm, fringed with short papillae, terminal tuft not evident. Achenes ca. 2 mm, glabrous. Pappus white, ca. 5 mm. Fl. Oct-Jan.
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Abortifacient agents (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Menstruation-inducing agents (leaf), Pectoralis muscles (leaf), Uterine diseases (leaf), Diaphoretic (leaf), Abortifacient agents (root), Diuretics (root), Hypotension (root), Menstruation-inducing agents (root), Pectoralis muscles (root), Urologic diseases (root), Uterine contraction (root), Uterine diseases (root), Diaphoretic (root), Anodyne (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Female (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Uterotonic (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Suppurative (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Female urogenital diseases (unspecified), Vaginal discharge (unspecified)
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Distribution

Synotis cappa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914676-1
WFO ID wfo-0000093150
COL ID 53YH4
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Synonyms

Senecio cappa Senecio uncinellus Solidago angulosa Cineraria uncinata Senecio angulosus Solidago densiflora Senecio densiflorus Senecio tsoongianus Senecio aureus Senecio densiflorus Senecio densiflorus var. densiflorus Synotis cappa var. cappa Senecio nagensium var. lobbi Senecio cappa var. cappa Senecio densiflorus var. lobbi Synotis cappa

Lower taxons

Synotis cappa var. parishii Synotis cappa var. pubescens