- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Sphaeranthus L.
Sphaeranthus fischeri O.Hoffm.

[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Decumbent herb 0.3–0.4 m high, much branched with ascending branches; branches narrowly winged, the wings not continuous, denticulate, both stem and wings puberulous and glandular.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves lanceolate, 1–5 cm long, 0.2–1 cm wide, base decurrent, margins denticulate, apex acute to spinulose, hispidulous and glandular on both surfaces, also villous on midrib and margins.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Glomerules depressed-globose, 7–9 mm in diameter, enclosed by glomerule bracts of which especially the lowermost are large; peduncle 2–8 mm long, unwinged; receptacle flat; glomerule bracts broadly ovate (the outermost) to oblong, 5–6 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, mucronate with a spinose mucro, villous and glandular; capitula sessile, with 2 folded bracts 3.5–5 mm long, membranous and slightly puberulous distally.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets 1–3, mauve; female florets absent or 1–2, filiform, tube 2.2–2.8 mm long, lobes < 0.1 mm long, style 2.4–3 mm long, shortly bifid; inner floret 1, tube cylindrical or widening slightly, 2.7–3.2 mm long, lobes 0.2–0.4 mm long, anthers± 2.5 mm long; style 3.8–4.3 mm long, distally papillose, shortly bifid.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes of outer florets cylindrical, 0.7–1 mm long, puberulous, of inner florets 0.7–1 mm long, glabrous and glandular.
- Habitat
- 'heavy soil' (fide Leippert); 1500 m
- Distribution
- T2 not known elsewhere
Native to:
Tanzania
Sphaeranthus fischeri O.Hoffm. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Fischer [346], Tanzania | K000274174 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 230 (1894)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- O. Hoffm. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 20: 230 (1894).
- Robyns in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1924: 193 (1924).
- Ross-Craig in Hook., Ic. Pl. ser. 5, 6: 58, t. 3513b (1955).
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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