Cnicothamnus | |
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Cnicothamnus lorentzii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Gochnatioideae |
Tribe: | Gochnatieae |
Genus: | Cnicothamnus Griseb. |
Type species | |
Cnicothamnus lorentzii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Cnicothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4] Its species are small trees which can reach 5m in height, bearing alternate ovate and dentate leaves with a whitish pubescence. The inflorescences, borne at branch tips, are bell-shaped capitula of a bright orange colour, and usually appear during local winter. Their fruit (which can be described as a cypsela) bears a rough plume. [5]
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