Flaveria bidentis
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Full name: | Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Smeltersbossie, Smelterbossie |
| English common name(s): | Smelter's bush, Yellowtops, Coastal plain yellowtops |
| Synonym(s): | Ethulia bidentis L. Flaveria contrayerba (Cav.) Pers. Milleria contrayerba Cav. |
| Status: | Alien |
| Description: | Yellow flowers. Annuals, to 100 cm (delicate or robust, sparsely villous). Stems erect. Leaves petiolate (proximal, petioles 3-15 mm) or sessile (distal) ; blades lanceolate-elliptic, 50-120(-180) x 10-25(-70) mm, bases (distal) connate, margins serrate or spinulose serrate. Heads 20-100+ in tight subglomerules in scorpioid, cymiform arrays. Calyculi of 1-2 linear bractlets 1-2 mm. Involucres oblong-angular, 5 mm. Phyllaries 3(-4), oblong. Ray florets 0 or 1; laminae pale yellow, ovate-oblique, to 1 mm (not or barely surpassing phyllaries). Disc florets (2-) 3-8; corolla tubes ca. 0.8 mm, throats funnelform, 0.8 mm. Cypselae oblanceolate or subclavate, 2-2.5 mm (those of ray florets longer) ; pappi 0. 2n = 36. (from Flora of North America) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 24 Sep 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/800 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
