Ursinia nana subsp. nana Dc.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Annual herb, 0.03-0.40 m high, branches upright, hairy when young. Leaves sometimes succulent, (bi-)pinnatipartite, leaf lobes 2-6 mm long, mucronate. Capitula solitary, long or short peduncles; involucral bracts ± broadly ovate, with dark marks; inner with broad scarious apex. Paleae tridentate. Ray florets yellow or white. Disc florets yellow or white. Flowering time all year. Pappus of 5 scales, broadly obovate, white, spirally rolled; 5 inner, subulate or linear scales (white bristles). Cypselae white, oblique, obovate, broadly ribbed, muricate, glabrous, with glands between ridges, narrowed at base; length with pappus scales 2.4-2.6 mm.
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Annual herb, up to 400 mm high, erect. Leaves alternate; blade pinnatipartite to bipinnatipartite, 15-35 mm long, lobes 2-6 mm long, mucronate, subsucculent. Heads radiate, solitary, terminal, peduncle long, nude. Involucral bracts in several series, imbricate, margins often brown; inner bracts with broad, rounded, membranous apex. Receptacle paleate. Flowers: ray florets yellow on both sides or often reddish below; disc florets yellow, rarely white; Jul.-Jun. Fruit with cypsela curved almost 90°, ribbed, glabrous, basal tuft of hairs absent. Pappus biseriate, outer row of 5 broad, membranous scales and inner row of narrow, linear scales.
Annual herb, 30-400 mm tall. Leaves pinnatipartite to bipinnatipartite, lobes 2-6 mm long. Scape nude. Pappus biseriate. Flowers with yellow rays, often reddish below, disc yellow, rarely white.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.4
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ursinia nana subsp. nana world distribution map, present in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149490-3
WFO ID wfo-0000112911
COL ID 5LPVY
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Synonyms

Ursinia engleriana Sphenogyne pallida Ursinia indecora Ursinia schinzii Ursinia affinis Ursinia abyssinica Ursinia matricariifolia Ursinia annua Ursinia nana subsp. nana