Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia leucantha C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 914 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Zambia.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual herb 15–50 cm tall; stems scattered-pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate to obovate, 1.5–11.5 cm long, 0.3–1.3 cm wide, base cuneate, margins remotely obscurely sinuate-denticulate, apex acute, scattered-pubescent to almost glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula 1–3 in lax terminal cymes, discoid, long-stalked; stalk shortly hairy; involucre cylindrical, 6–6.5 mm long, 2 mm in diameter; phyllaries 5.5–6 mm long, shortly setulose, green.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets white (Peter says yellow); corolla 4.8–5.7 mm long, tube glabrous, lobes 1.5–2 mm long, those of the outer florets the longer.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 2.2 mm long, sparsely hairy; pappus 3–4 mm long.
Habitat
Damp sites in grassland, seepage areas on sand; 1550–2100 m
Distribution
T4
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0