Oedera imbricata

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Oedera imbricata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Oedera
Species:
O. imbricata
Binomial name
Oedera imbricata
Lam.
Synonyms
  • Relhania imbricata

Oedera imbricata is a prickly shrublet belonging to the family Asteraceae.

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It is indigenous to the southern Cape region of South Africa, where it occurs in Fynbos and Renosterveld vegetation, from the West Coast, eastwards as far as Grahamstown. [1]

Description

Oedera imbricata is a small (50 cm high), sprawling shrublet. The leaves are small (15 x 5 mm), hard and stiff, with a prominent midrib. They grow densely packed along the stems.

The yellow flowerheads appear in Spring. They are 40mm wide, consist of more than one individual flowerheads (a diagnostic character), of which the outer ones have visible ray-florets. [2] [3]

It resembles Oedera capensis , which however has longer, spreading, marginally-toothed leaves.

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References

  1. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org.
  2. "Factsheet -Oedera imbricata". Keyserver.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. "Photos of South African Plants - Category: Fynbos - Image: Oedera imbricata". www.operationwildflower.org.za.