- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Kleinia Jacq.
Kleinia pendula DC.

[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb; stem 12–15 cm long, 1–1.5 cm in diameter, prostrate, creeping and rooting at the nodes, or pendulous from cliffs, succulent, green with white dots and darker lines, glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves scale-like, 3–9 mm long, shrivelling quickly.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula discoid, solitary or rarely 2 together, terminal on erect 4–21 cm long green scapes; bracts small, filiform; involucre 15–20 mm long, 12–14 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus obscure or absent; phyllaries 8–13, green with reddish margins, 15–20 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Ray florets absent; disc florets red, corolla 15–26 mm long, tube puberulous, slightly expanded in upper two-thirds, lobes ± 3 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes 2.5–5 mm long, ribbed, hairy; pappus 15–23 mm long.
- Habitat
- Grassland on rocky slope; 800–1250 m
- Distribution
- K1
Native to:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen
Kleinia pendula DC. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4443], Yemen | 53595.000 | No | |||
Hale, A.J., Kenya | 53596.000 | No | |||
Chaudhary, S. [s.n.], Saudi Arabia | 53599.000 | No | |||
Bailes [190], Somalia | 54497.000 | No | |||
Cole, E. [s.n.], Somalia | K000377732 | Yes | |||
Lort Phillips, E. [s.n.], Somalia | K000377733 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | 66829.000 | No |
First published in Prodr. 6: 339 (1838)
Accepted by
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 41: 927 (1986).
- DC., Prodr. 6: 339 (1838).
- P. Halliday, Noteworthy sp. Kleinia, in Hookers Ic. Pl. 29 (4): 47, t. 3883 (1988).
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