Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Erect or ascending glabrous annual, 20-50 cm. Stems not succulent, purplish. Leaves: lamina up to 4.5 × 0.6 cm (many leaves smaller), linear to narrowly
oblanceolate; apex obtuse; base narrowed to a petiole-like base;
margin irregularly and very shallowly crenate. Calyculus 0. Capitula base truncate, 10-13 mm in diameter (incl. rays).
Phyllaries c.13, equal, in 1 series, 5-6 mm. Rays present, 11-13; ligule 4-5 mm, orange-yellow. Achenes c.1.5 mm, papillose. Pappus
of numerous white setae, 2-3 mm.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Emilia brachycephala (R.E. Fr.) C. Jeffrey Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161510
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Occasional
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Emilia brachycephala (R.E. Fr.) C. Jeffrey Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161510
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings