Ursinia chrysanthemoides (Less.) Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Perennial or dwarf shrub, suffrutex, 0.15-2.00 m high. Leaves bipinnatisect, sometimes hairy. Capitula solitary on long peduncles; involucral bracts outer bracts ovate-acuminate, membranous, lacerated, silvery; middle and inner ones rounded. Paleae boat-shaped, shorter than disc florets. Ray florets yellow, reddish below. Disc florets yellow, purple at apex. Flowering time Aug.-Nov. Pappus of 5 scales, broadly obovate, white, spirally rolled with 5 inner subulate scales (white bristles). Cypselae white, oblique obovate, broadly ribbed, glabrous; length with pappus scales 3.0-3.3 mm.
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Perennial subshrub, 0.15-1 m tall, occasionally decumbent and rooting at nodes. Leaves pinnatipartite to bipinnatipartite, glabrous or pubescent. Flowerheads radiate, large, solitary on long peduncles; outer involucral bracts with membranous, triangular, acuminate apices, lacerated, inner bracts with ovate or rounded silvery appendages; ray florets yellow or occasionally white or red with dark reverse; disc florets yellow or with purple tips, paleae with prominent scale-like appendages.
Like U. cakilefolia but ± woody below. Flower heads yellow or rays sometimes white or red with dark reverse, paleae shorter than disc florets.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ursinia chrysanthemoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Ursinia chrysanthemoides world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149400-3
WFO ID wfo-0000119224
COL ID 7F2F3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ursinia chrysanthemoides Arctotis paradoxa Arctotis anthemoides Sphenogyne chrysanthemoides Ursinia geyeri