Ursinia nudicaulis N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Creepers or prostrate, tufted, perennial herb, 0.15-0.60 m high, Leaves crowded below, pinnatisect, lobes linear. Capitula solitary; peduncles long; involucral bracts glabrous, glandular; outer and middle bracts with black margins, outer without appendages, ovate; middle oblong with appendages; inner with round appendages. Paleae oblong. Ray florets yellow both sides or coppery below. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Pappus of 5 scales, white, striate, with brown spot towards base. Cypselae slightly curved, narrowly obconical, rugulose-smooth, spiral wall thickening at base; length with pappus scales 1.7-2.6 mm.
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Tufted shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves crowded below, pinnatisect, 15-70 mm long, lobes linear. Flower heads radiate, solitary on elongate, naked peduncles, yellow, 15-30 mm diam., outer bracts often papery above; pappus scales 5, uniseriate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

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 nudicaulis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257125-1
WFO ID wfo-0000001105
COL ID 7F2GQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ursinia nudicaulis Sphenogyne scapiformis Sphenogyne kraussii Sphenogyne nudicaulis Arctotis nudicaulis Ursinia chamomillifolia Sphenogyne chamomillifolia Ursinia scapiformis Sphenogyne nudicaulis var. alpina Sphenogyne nudicaulis var. nudicaulis Sphenogyne chamomillaefolia var. elongata Sphenogyne nudicaulis var. gracilior Sphenogyne chamomillaefolia var. chamomillaefolia