Emilia bellioides (Chiov.) C.Jeffrey

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/158117/761632

Conservation

VU - vulnerable

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

Morphology General Habit

Annual herb 5–25 cm tall; stems scattered-pubescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves sessile, light green or grey-green, slightly succulent, broadly obovate-spatulate or the median oblanceolate, 1–5.5 cm long, 0.3–2.8 cm wide, base cuneate into a narrow, exauriculate petioloid base, sinuate-dentate to slightly 3-lobed on distal margins, rounded to subtruncate, with scattered to dense pubescence.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum

Capitula solitary and terminal, discoid, on slender pubescent stalk 2.5–10 cm long; involucre cylindrical, 6.5–8.5 mm long, 2–3 mm in diameter; phyllaries 8–12, 5.5–8 mm long, shortly pubescent or hispid.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets

Ray florets absent; disc florets yellow, 5–6.4 mm long, tube glabrous, lobes 1–1.3 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes 2.5 mm long, shortly hairy; pappus 4–6 mm long.

Habitat

Sand dunes, in crevices in coral; near sea level–10 m

Distribution

K7

Tadesse, M., & Beentje, H. (2004). A Synopsis and New Species of Emilia (Compositae-Senecioneae) in Northeast Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin, 59(3), 469-482. doi:10.2307/4110954

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Pappus

Pappus 4.5 - 5 mm long.

Distribution

Somalia and Kenya.

Ecology

Coral sand, sand dunes near sea shore; alt. 0 - 10 m.

Conservation

Least concern (LC).

Type

Somalia, Mogadishu, 1913, Paoli 9 (FT, syntype), 8 May 1929, Senni 564 (FT, syntype).

Morphology General Habit

Erect annual herb, 5 - 20 cm high, 5 - 20 cm wide at base with often several decumbent stems

Morphology Leaves

Leaves crowded at base of plant, often prostrate, 2 - 5 x 1 - 2.5 cm, pseudo-petiolate, densely hispid, glaucous, slightly fleshy, pseudopetiole narrowly winged, up to 2.5 cm long, lamina orbicular, spathulate to obovate- spathulate, 7 - 25 x 10 - 25 mm, margins dentate to denticulate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum

Capitula solitary, radiate, 10 - 12 x 4 - 5 mm at anthesis

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles

Peduncle ebracteate, up to 10 cm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre

Involucre 2 - 5 mm wide at anthesis

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries

Phyllaries 12 - 14, densely pubescent, 8 - 9 x 1 - 1.5 mm

Ray

Ray florets 8 - 13, lemon-yellow, 3 - 6 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc

Disc florets yellow; corolla 7 - 8 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes dark brown, 3 - 4 x 0.8 - 1 mm, white pubescent on ribs

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

Type

S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 9 (FT syn.) & Senni 564 (FT syn.)

Morphology General Habit

Annual herb, up to c. 25 cm tall; stems sparsely to densely hairy

Morphology Leaves

Leaves crowded towards base of stem, slightly fleshy, 10–40 x 5–22 mm, spathulate or oblanceolate, narrowing below into a petiole-like base, coarsely toothed at the apex, sparsely to densely hairy

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Capitula discoid, solitary or sometimes 2; peduncles 2.5–10 cm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; phyllaries 8–12, 5.5–8 x 1–1.5 mm, striate, sparsely crisped pubescent outside and papillose at the apex

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets

Florets yellow; corolla c. 5–6 mm long, lobes c. 1 mm long; style branches truncate, papillose at the apex

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes c. 2.5 mm long, ribbed, pubescent on ribs; pappus white, c. 4–5 mm long.

Distribution

S2, 3; E Kenya

Ecology

Altitude range 0–100 m.