- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Nidorella Cass.
Nidorella pedunculata Oliv.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial (or annual?) herb with several stems from a woody rhizome, 15–45 cm high, occasionally with some stems decumbent and sending up vertical branches; stems cylindrical, silvery arachnoid-pubescent, often clothed in rather dense marcescent leaves proximally.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile, (narrowly) lanceolate, 2–5.5 cm long, 0.2–1 cm wide, base slightly auriculate, margins entire, apex acute and mucronate, green above with some remanants of arachnoid pubescence, densely silvery arachnoid-pubescent beneath.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula bright or lemon yellow, 5–7 mm long, 3–6 together in dense globose or subglobose cymes, these terminal, solitary or very few together on 3–22 cm long almost leafless peduncles; stalks of individual capitula 1–4 mm long; phyllaries ± 26, the outermost smallest, narrowly lanceolate, 3–6 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide, apex acute to attenuate, green with purplish tips and with a white arachnoid pubescence, densest on the outermost phyllaries; receptacle convex to almost globose, slightly toothed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Marginal florets in several series, 40–50, tube 2.2–3.5 mm long, ray 1.5–3 mm long, ± 0.3 mm wide, obtuse or with a tiny notch, erect or spreading, style 4–4.7 mm long; central florets 15–20, tube 3.5–4 mm long, sparsely pilose, lobes 0.5–0.8 mm long, glandular; anthers 1.8–1.9 mm long with a small triangular appendage; style 4.5–4.6 mm long with narrow almost linear papillose branches.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes cylindrical or slightly flattened ellipsoid, 1–1.7 mm long, pubescent; pappus of many white setae 4–4.7 mm long.
- Habitat
- Grassland, bushed grassland, scattered tree grassland, often in rocky sites; may be locally dominant on clay-rich loam; 1050–1950 m
- Distribution
- K3 K4 K6 T1 T2 U1
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- N1, “Adda- Gallah”, James & Thrupp s.n. (K holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial (or annual?) herb with several stems from a woody rhizome, 15–45 cm high, occasionally with some stems decumbent and sending up vertical branches
- Morphology Stem
- Stems silvery cobwebby-pubescent, often clothed in rather dense marcescent leaves
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 2–5.5´0.2–1 cm, base slightly auriculate, densely silvery cobwebby-pubescent beneath
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula 3–6 together in terminal long-stalked dense globose cymes; phyllaries lanceolate, 3–6 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Marginal florets yellow, in several series, 40–50, tube 2.2–3.5 mm long, ray 1.5–3 mm long; central florets yellow, 15–20, tube 3.5–4 mm long, lobes 0.5–0.8 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes cylindrical or slightly flattened ellipsoid, 1–1.7 mm long, pubescent; pappus of many white bristles 4–4.7 mm long.
- Distribution
- N1; Ethiopia, Kenya, N Uganda, N Tanzania
- Ecology
- Altitude range 1250–1700 m.
- Vernacular
- Foradi (Somali).
Native to:
Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia
Nidorella pedunculata Oliv. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in F.L.James, Unkn. Horn of Afr., App.: 319 (1888)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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