Asteraceae
Glossocardia

Glossocardia bidens (Retz.) Veldkamp

First published in Blumea 35: 468 (1991)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb, with few mostly decumbent branches to 50 cm long, often almost leafless.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves mainly basal, alternate, also tufted at nodes under lateral branches, the lowermost sometimes simple, but usually deltoid in outline, pinnatifid, 1–4 cm long, 0.5–3 cm wide, with few narrow lobes, subglabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula few, on long peduncles, radiate; phyllaries ovate, grading into paleae.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets 5–12, yellow with purple veins, female, to 5 mm long; disc florets 7–12, yellow, 2.5–3.5 mm long; anthers black.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes dark brown to black, ellipsoid, 5–8(–13) mm long, glabrous or with barbs along the ribs; with 2 aristae to 5 mm long, with retrorse barbs.
Figures
Fig 175 (p. 812).
Habitat
oastal wooded grassland; ± 0 m
Distribution
T3 possibly an introductionNepal, India and Sri Lanka to Korea, Japan and the Pacific
[FTEA]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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