Ursinia nana Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Spreading annual or short-lived perennial herb (in summer rainfall regions), up to 0.4 m tall. Leaves bipinnatisect, 15-50 mm long, semi-succulent. Flowerheads radiate, small, solitary on short peduncles; involucral bracts very broadly ovate with black crescent marks apically, inner bracts with oblong membranous appendages; ray florets pale yellow; disc florets pale yellow, rarely white, inner paleae oblong with small, ovate, scale-like appendages.
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Spreading annual or perennial to 20 cm. Leaves bipinnatisect, 15-50 mm long. Flower heads radiate, solitary on short peduncles, yellow, ± 10-35 mm diam., paleae boat-shaped, bracts rounded, often with dark crescent marks; pappus scales 5, plus 5 bristles, biseriate.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
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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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Ursinia nana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149444-3
WFO ID wfo-0000005441
COL ID 7F2GR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ursinia nana Ursinia annua Sphenogyne pallida var. pallida Ursinia annua var. annua Sphenogyne pallida var. immarginata Ursinia annua var. indecora Ursinia annua var. nana

Lower taxons

Ursinia nana subsp. nana