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9192.010 Sphagneticola
THELECHITONIA Cuatrec.
WEDELIA Jacq.
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Description of the genus
Perennial herb with (in ours) ± prostrate stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves opposite, entire, toothed or (usually) lobed. Phyllaries in 2-3 rows. Capitula radiate, solitary on long peduncles; ray florets female, fertile; rays yellow to orange-yellow; disk florets bisexual, yellow to orange-yellow. Receptacle bearing scales. Achenes irregularly tuberculate, minutely hairy in upper part, with 1-2 caducous aristae. Pappus cup-shaped with 1-2 awns or none. Worldwide: 100 species in tropical and warm regions of the world Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SphagneticolaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sphagneticola
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sphagneticola
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Wikipedia: Sphagneticola
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