Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia decipiens C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 917 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa.

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
Annual herb 10–60 cm tall; stems ascending, reddish-purple and shortly pubescent in lower part.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile, bright green, glaucous and ± purple-tinged beneath, those on the lower part of the stem ovate or broadly ovate, 2.1–5 cm long, 1.2–2.5 cm wide, cordate and decurrent onto a narrow exauriculate petioloid base, margins sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse, pubescent beneath; those in the upper part of the stem elliptic to oblong, the lower of these often somewhat pinnate-lyrately lobed, 0.8–9 cm long, 0.2–3 cm wide, base expanded and auriculate, margins subentire to sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula few in lax corymbs, discoid; stalks of the individual capitula slender, glabrous; involucre cylindrical, 3.5–4 mm long, 1 mm in diameter; phyllaries 8–10, bright green tinged purple, 3–3.5 mm long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Disc florets mauve or pink; corolla 5–5.5 mm long, lobes 1.5–1.7 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 1.3 mm long, hairy; pappus 3 mm long.
Habitat
Among rock outcrops on poor stony soil or in forest edge; 1200–2000 m
Distribution
T7 T8
[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