Pulicaria attentuata Hutch. & B.L.Burtt

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit

Annual or biennial herb, 10–45 cm high, branches pubescent and glandular

Morphology Leaves

Leaves lanceolate, 1.5–7´0.3–1.5 cm, margins crenate to dentate, pilose to pubescent, densely glandular

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Capitula solitary and terminal on small branchlets, on short or up to 8 cm long stalks; involucre 5–7 mm long; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, attenuate, pubescent and glandular

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla yellow, the outer female, 4–5 mm long of which the ray 2–2.5 mm; disk florets 3.5–4.5 mm long, glandular

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes 1.5–1.8 mm long, 10-ribbed, pubescent; outer pappus of half-connate scales 0.2–0.5 mm long, inner pappus of few white bristles 2–4 mm long, the apex slightly flattened.

Distribution

N1–3; Sudan

Ecology

Altitude range 700–1250 m.