Ursinia speciosa Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Annual herb, 100-400 mm tall. Leaves sub-bipinnatipartite. Flowerheads radiate, large, solitary on short or long peduncles; outer involucral bracts with 2-3 mm-long transversely ovate, papery appendages; ray florets yellow or orange, rarely white; disc florets yellow, rarely purple-tipped, paleae with prominent, scale-like appendages.
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Perennials to c. 40 cm high, ± glabrous. Leaves to c. 4 cm long; rachides and ultimate segments
Like U. cakilefolia but all involucral bracts rounded and papery above.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.4
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Environment

Grows in grey or white sand, and has been recorded from woodland.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Ursinia speciosa world distribution map, present in Australia, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257148-1
WFO ID wfo-0000135859
COL ID 7F2HB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sphenogyne speciosa Sphenogyne crocea Sphenogyne elegans Sphenogyne versicolor Ursinia chrysanthemoides var. chrysanthemoides Ursinia chrysanthemoides var. geyeri Ursinia speciosa