- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Eschenbachia Moench
Eschenbachia stricta (Willd.) Raizada

[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- An annual herb 1-3 ft. high often with several ascending branches from the main stem
- Morphology General Indumentum
- White-pubescent with hooked hairs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flower-heads about 1/6 in. across
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets yellow
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pappus deciduous in one piece.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or short-lived perennial herb, erect, occasionally slightly woody at base, 0.3–1 m high; stems unbranched or more often branched distally with fastigiate branching, cylindrical, striate, scabrid or pubescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pseudopetiolate (proximal leaves) to sessile (distal leaves), oblanceolate to spatulate, 1–5(–6) cm long, 0.2–1.5(–2) cm wide, base narrow but slightly widening at stem insertion and narrowly truncate to narrowly auriculate, margins entire to denticulate to pinnatilobed with few lobes in the distal half of the leaf with lobes to 12 mm long and 4 mm wide, acute or obtuse and mucronate at apex, scabrid and glandular on both surfaces.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula 2–4 mm long, in fairly dense subglobose cymes, the cymes united in terminal, lax, leafy corymbs; stalks of individual capitula 0.1–1 cm, scabrid-pubescent; phyllaries 3–4-seriate, ± 30, the outermost smallest, narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–2.6 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, entire or serrulate, attenuate at apex, pubescent and glandular on the outermost ones, the inner ones subglabrous and more hyaline; receptacle 1.5–2 mm in diameter, convex to toroid, not toothed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Marginal florets (pale) yellow, 46–60, tube 1.3–1.9 mm long and slightly pilose, mouth oblique and with ?4 small lobes to 0.2 mm, the tube slit on the abaxial side so technically with a ray 0.3–0.5 mm long (but unless the style is projecting through the slit this is very difficult to see), style 2–2.2 mm long; central florets yellow or pale yellow, 2–8, tube 1.4–2 mm long, lobes 0.4–0.5 mm long and often glandular; anthers 0.7–1 mm long with brief triangular appendages; style 2.2–2.5 mm long with short triangular papillose branches.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes narrowly obovoid, 0.8–1.2 mm long, ± pubescent and glandular; pappus of many yellowish to pinkish setae, 1.2–2.1 mm long.
- Figures
- Fig. 104 (page 501).
- Habitat
- Upland grassland, often in rocky sites, or a pioneer in road- and pathsides, around settlements, post cultivation; on black cotton, loam, or volcanic dust including recent dust; (900–)1350–2800 m
- Distribution
- K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T7 U1 W tropical Africa from Guinee and Nigeria to NE tropical Africa in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and to Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or short-lived perennial herb, 0.3–1 m high; stems unbranched or with erect branches, scabrid or pubescent
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves dense along stem, pseudopetiolate (lower leaves) to sessile (upper leaves), oblanceolate to spatulate, 1–5(–6)´0.2–1.5(–2) cm, base narrow, margins entire to denticulate to pinnatilobed with few lobes in the distal half of the leaf with lobes to 12´4 mm, scabrid and glandular on both surfaces
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula in fairly dense subglobose cymes, the cymes united in terminal, lax, leafy corymbs; phyllaries narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–2.6 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Marginal florets (pale) yellow, 46–60, tube 1.3–1.9 mm long with 2–4 small lobes to 0.2 mm, the tube slit on the outside so technically with a ray 0.3–0.5 mm long; central florets (pale) yellow, 2–8, tube 1.4–2 mm long, lobes 0.4–0.5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes narrowly obovoid, 0.8–1.2 mm long,±pubescent and glandular; pappus of many yellowish to pinkish bristles, 1.2–2.1 mm long.
- Distribution
- N1, 2 widespread in Africa, Madagascar, India, China
- Ecology
- Altitude range 1350–1750 m.
- Vernacular
- Sirad (Somali).
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Hainan, India, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan, Thailand, Tibet, Tunisia, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Eschenbachia stricta (Willd.) Raizada appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2004 | Pollard, B.J. [507], Cameroon | Conyza stricta | K000746095 | No | |
Kuchar, P. [25082], Tanzania | Conyza stricta | K000612971 | No | ||
Lacroix, I.F. [4623], Malawi | Conyza stricta | K000662236 | No | ||
Wallich [s.n.], Nepal | Conyza stricta | K000885186 | Yes | ||
Roxburgh, R. [s.n.], India | Conyza stricta | K000885185 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], India | Conyza stricta | K000885184 | Yes | ||
Wallich [s.n.], Nepal | Conyza stricta | K000885187 | Yes | ||
Wallich [s.n.], Nepal | Conyza stricta | K000885188 | Yes | ||
Thompson, T. [885], India | Conyza stricta | K000885192 | Yes |
First published in Indian Forester 85: 679 (1959)
Accepted by
- Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Not accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Conyza stricta.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Singh, N.P. & al. (eds.) (2002). Flora of Mizoram 1: 1-845. Botanical Survey of India.
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