Zyrphelis taxifolia Nees

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Zyrphelis

Characteristics

Stem half-shrubby, erect, branched; leaves linear, acute, rigidly ciliate to the middle or beyond it; pedunc. softly hairy; invol.-scales acuminate; achenes quite glabrous or hispidulous. A slender suffrutex, 6-15 inches high, much-branched; branches erect, subsimple, leafy for 3/4 of their length. Leaves 1/2-1 inch long, 1/2 line wide. Disc 3-4 lines across; rays 4 lines long, purple. The stem is sometimes decumbent, with ascending branches and falcato-secund leaves.
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Slender, sparsely hairy, sprawling subshrub to 40 cm. Leaves linear, apiculate, margins minutely toothed. Flower heads radiate, solitary on long peduncles, yellow with blue or mauve rays.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Images

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Distribution

Zyrphelis taxifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261444-1
WFO ID wfo-0000092281
COL ID 5DDR4
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Synonyms

Leysera ciliata Aster taxifolius Zyrphelis amoena Mairia pinifolia Zyrphelis taxifolia Mairia taxifolia Aster ciliaris Elphegea cilata Aster filiformis Mairia lasiocarpa