Difference between revisions of "Gynura aurantiaca"
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 300. 1838.
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|common_names=Velvet plant | |common_names=Velvet plant | ||
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|name=Cacalia aurantiaca | |name=Cacalia aurantiaca | ||
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|elevation=0–50 m | |elevation=0–50 m | ||
|distribution=Fla.;se Asia;also introduced e Africa (including Madagascar) and Australia. | |distribution=Fla.;se Asia;also introduced e Africa (including Madagascar) and Australia. | ||
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|discussion=<p><i>Gynura aurantiaca</i> is a tender pot-plant that is sometimes grown outdoors. It is marginally established in the flora, persisting as an escape from cultivation in southern Florida. It may be encountered elsewhere along the Gulf Coast. The orange, filiform appendages of the style branches are distinctive; the flowers are reported to be unpleasantly scented.</p> | |discussion=<p><i>Gynura aurantiaca</i> is a tender pot-plant that is sometimes grown outdoors. It is marginally established in the flora, persisting as an escape from cultivation in southern Florida. It may be encountered elsewhere along the Gulf Coast. The orange, filiform appendages of the style branches are distinctive; the flowers are reported to be unpleasantly scented.</p> | ||
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|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. | |publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. | ||
|publication year=1838 | |publication year=1838 | ||
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae | |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae | ||
|genus=Gynura | |genus=Gynura | ||
Latest revision as of 20:00, 5 November 2020
Stems somewhat lax or clambering, branching, fleshy, conspicuously fuzzy-hairy (± velutinous to villous, crosswalls of hairs purplish). Leaves: petioles 0–3+ cm; blades 4–10(–15) × 2–5(–8) cm, margins raggedly toothed, faces ± velutinous to villous, hairs purplish. Heads 1–5. Calyculi: bractlets 3–6+ mm. Phyllaries 10–12+ mm, tips greenish or minutely darkened. Disc corollas yellow or orange to brick-red (drying purplish), 8–12+ mm; style-branch appendages orange, 1–2 mm. Cypselae glabrous; pappi 10–12 mm. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering spring–winter.
Habitat: Shaded, damp sites
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., se Asia, also introduced e Africa (including Madagascar) and Australia.
Discussion
Gynura aurantiaca is a tender pot-plant that is sometimes grown outdoors. It is marginally established in the flora, persisting as an escape from cultivation in southern Florida. It may be encountered elsewhere along the Gulf Coast. The orange, filiform appendages of the style branches are distinctive; the flowers are reported to be unpleasantly scented.
Selected References
None.