- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Pulicaria Gaertn.
Pulicaria hildebrandtii Vatke
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- N2, coast and foothills of “Ahl” Mts, Hildebrandt 842 (W lecto. & iso.).
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrublet or woody herb 30–120 cm high, to 40 cm in diam.; branches long-pilose and glandular, glabrescent, sticky
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves bright green, slightly obovate, 1.5–5.3´0.7–3 cm, sessile, base narrowed and subcordate to semi-amplexicaul, margins subentire, distally dentate or slightly lobed with sharp triangular lobes, apex acute to mucronate, long-pilose and densely glandular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula solitary, on stalks to 3 cm long; involucre 7–14 mm long; phyllaries lanceolate, 7–11 mm long, long-pilose and glandular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets (orange-)yellow, the outer female with a ray 5–6´1.5–2.3 mm, inner bisexual, 7–9 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achene cylindrical, 1.5–2.5 mm long, twice constricted, the middle part much wider than the upper; outer pappus of half-connate scales 0.1–0.2 mm long, inner pappus of bristles 4–6 mm long.
- Distribution
- N1–3 not known elsewhere.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 30–1000 m.
- Vernacular
- Adar, farahaud, lamah (Somali).
Native to:
Somalia
Pulicaria hildebrandtii Vatke appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 326 (1875)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0