Ursinia frutescens Dinter

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Perennial subshrub, up to 0.8 m tall. Leaves clustered, linear, occasionally with a few small teeth. Flowerheads radiate, solitary on short peduncles; outer involucral bracts with inconspicuously lacerated, apical appendages and narrow, membranous margins, inner with round, membranous appendages; ray florets short, yellow; disc florets yellow, paleae extending into a rounded appendage.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Ursinia frutescens world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257109-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129143
COL ID 7F2HZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ursinia frutescens