Ursinia tenuiloba Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ursinia

Characteristics

Perennial herb, stems annual, 0.1-0.3 m high, branches ± recurved, ascending. Leaves up to 50 mm long, lower half petiole-like, upper part (bi-)pinnatifid, leaf lobes linear, attenuate at apex. Capitula solitary; peduncles long, sparsely white-hairy; involucral bracts with brown margins; outer ovate, obtuse; inner with broad scarious apex. Paleae with broad scarious apex. Ray florets yellow above, coppery below. Flowering time July-Apr. Pappus of 5 scales, broadly obovate, white, striate; 5 inner scales subulate or linear (white bristles). Cypselae white, oblique, obovate, broadly ribbed, papillate, glabrous, glandular between ridges, tapering at base; length with pappus scales 3.2-3.8 mm.
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Perennial herb, 150-250 mm tall. Leaves 50 mm long, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, lobes up to 10 mm long, linear, attenuate, mucronate. Scape nude. Pappus biseriate. Flowers with rays yellow above, often reddish below, disc yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.28
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Ursinia tenuiloba world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257153-1
WFO ID wfo-0000133744
COL ID 7F2JJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ursinia tenuiloba Ursinia tysoniana Sphenogyne natalensis Ursinia montana subsp. tenuiloba Ursinia natalensis