Felicia tenella (L.) Nees subsp. tenella
LC Indigenous Endemic

Morphological description

Einjähriges, zartes, bis 45 cm hohes, oft reich verzweigtes Kraut. Blätter wechselständig, linealisch, breit sitzend, bis 25 x 1 mm (selten bis 1.5 mm), dicklich, besonders am Rand kräftig borstig, drüsig, selten verkahlend; auch in den oberen Stengelteilen Blätter, diese nur undeutlich kürzer als die unteren. Köpfchen mittelgross, an bis zu 6 cm langen, borstig drüsigen Pedunkeln. Involucrum ca. 3-reihig, ca. 5 mm im Durchmesser. Die äusseren Hüllschuppen 3 x 0.3 mm, die inneren 4 x 1 mm und plötzlich in eine schmale Spitze zusammengezogen, alle borstig-drüsig und mit Harzstreifen. Zungenblüten ca. 30, Ligula ca. 10 x 1.5 mm, hellblau. Scheibenblüten zahlreich, Krone gelb, 2.5 mm lang, Griffelanhängsel kurz dreieckig. Pappusborsten zahlreich, weiss, deutlich abstehend gezähnt, bis 2.5 mm lang, abfallend. Achänen 1.5 x 0.5 mm, obovat, schwarz, glatt, ohne Randwulst, locker mit löffelartig verbreiterten Haaren besetzt. From: Grau, HRJ. 1973. Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae). Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 195-705. [All rights reserved]

An annual, delicate herb to 45 cm tall, often profusely branched. Leaves alternate, linear, broadly sessile, to 25 × 1 mm (rarely to 1.5 mm), thickish, strongly bristly-margined, glandular, rarely glabrescent; leaves also present in upper stem parts, only slightly shorter than lower leaves. Capitula medium-sized, on peduncles to 6 cm long, bristly-glandular. Involucre ca. 3-seriate, ca. 5 mm in diameter; outer phyllaries 3 × 0.3 mm, inner 4 × 1 mm, abruptly narrowed to a narrow apex, all bristly-glandular with resin streaks. Ray florets ca. 30, ligula ca. 10 × 1.5 mm, pale blue. Disc florets numerous, corolla yellow, 2.5 mm long, style appendages short, triangular. Pappus bristles numerous, white, distinctly barbellate, to 2.5 mm long, deciduous. Achenes 1.5 × 0.5 mm, obovate, black, smooth, eciliate, sparsely covered with spoon-shaped hairs. [Translated with Google Gemini 1.5 (21/01/2025)] From: Grau, HRJ. 1973. Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae). Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 195-705. [All rights reserved]

Diagnostic description

Von der oft mit F. tenella verwechselten F. australis unterscheidet sich die erstere durch die verlängerten basalen Blätter, die spitz sind und randlich kräftige, breitbasige Borsten besitzen, durch die löffelartig verbreiterten Achänenhaare, die kürzeren Griffelschenkel (bis 0.5 mm) und die schwach blau gefärbten Zungenblüten. Die vier Unterarten, in die F. tenella aufgeteilt wird, sind in ihren Ecktypen sehr charakteristisch und daher zum Teil als eigene Arten beschrieben. Es bestehen jedoch zwischen allen vier Sippen Übergänge, die eine spezifische Trennung als unratsam erscheinen lassen. Die Beziehungen laufen besonders von der ssp. cotuloides (klein, vielköpfig) über die ssp. pusilla (klein wenigköpfig, basal barbellate Pappusborsten) zur ssp. tenella (relativ kräftig, Pappusborsten basal nicht barbellat) und zur ssp. longifolia (kräftig, basale Blätter besonders lang, mit Ausläufern). Doch bestehen auch direkte Beziehungen besonders zwischen den ssp. longifolia und pusilla. From: Grau, HRJ. 1973. Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae). Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 195-705. [All rights reserved]

Filago australis, distinguished from the often-confused F. tenella by its elongate, acute basal leaves with strong, broad-based marginal bristles, spatulate achene hairs, shorter style branches (to 0.5 mm), and faintly blue ligules. The four subspecies of F. tenella, while possessing characteristic extreme forms, exhibit intergradation precluding definitive specific separation. Relationships are evident from ssp. cotuloides to ssp. pusilla to ssp. tenella to ssp. longifolia, with additional direct links between ssp. longifolia and ssp. pusilla. [Translated with Google Gemini 1.5 (21/01/2025)] From: Grau, HRJ. 1973. Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae). Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 195-705. [All rights reserved]

Distribution

Die Typusunterart besitzt ihr Zentrum auf der Kaphalbinsel, kommt ausserdem noch in Worcester (? ) und Hopefield vor. From: Grau, HRJ. 1973. Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae). Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 195-705. [All rights reserved]

The type subspecies is centred on the Cape Peninsula, also occurring in Worcester and Hopefield. [Translated with Google Gemini 1.5 (21/01/2025)] From: Grau, HRJ. 1973. Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae). Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 195-705. [All rights reserved]

Altitude

5 to 765 m

Occurrence records map

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Felicia tenella (L.) Nees subsp. tenella
Synonym(s)

Aster tenellus L.


Aster tenellus L. var. robustus Harv.


Cineraria tenella (L.) Link


Detris tenella (L.) Moore


Felicia fragilis Cass.


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

SUBFAMILY Asteroideae

GENUS Felicia

SPECIES tenella

SUBSPECIES tenella

55 results for Felicia tenella (L.) Nees subsp. tenella

Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0237027-0 Collector(s) & number: Rogers, FA, 16045 | 1915-1-

South Africa, Western Cape, FISH HOEK

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Barcode: PRE0358994-0 Collector(s) & number: Oliver, EGH, 4698 | 1973-9-26

South Africa, Western Cape, KUILSRIVER; LANGVERWACHT; MAIN KLOOF

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Barcode: PRE0537228-0 Collector(s) & number: Hugo, L, 628 | 1976-10-12

South Africa, Western Cape, MALMESBURY; 5 KM. FROM MALMESBURY ON RD. TO MOORREESBURG

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Barcode: PRE0485343-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 6891 | 1966-9-19

South Africa, Western Cape, STELLENBOSCH DIV.; VOELTJIESDORP; IN CENTRE PARK

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Barcode: PRE0613871-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 8364 | 1973-3-21

South Africa, Western Cape, WALKERS BAY; DUNE REL. TR246

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Barcode: PRE0613976-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 4764 | 1978-8-29

South Africa, Western Cape, TULBAGH FALLS; ON LEFT BANK AT TOP OF FALL

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Barcode: PRE0636675-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 4594 | 1979-9-6

South Africa, Western Cape, MALMESBURY DIST.; BURGERS POST FARM, NEAR PELLA FYNBOS BIOME RESEARCH SITE

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Barcode: PRE0705036-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 8179 | 1972-9-7

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; NAT. RESERVE. DUNE BEYOND GIFKOMMETJIE TURNOFF

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Barcode: PRE0807797-0 Collector(s) & number: Borchardt, EJ, PRF 727 | 1937-9-2

South Africa, Western Cape, Jonkershoek.

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Barcode: PRE0172863-0 Collector(s) & number: Rogers, FA, 16045 | 1915-1-

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE DIV.; FISH HOEK

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Barcode: PRE0172864-0 Collector(s) & number: Leighton, FM, 2141 | 1946-9-29

South Africa, Western Cape, MALMESBURY; BETWEEN MAMRE & DARLINGS

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Barcode: PRE0172859-0 Collector(s) & number: Ecklon, CF, PRE 11371 | -10-

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE TOWN; MTS.

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Barcode: PRE0172857-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 8702 | 1896-7-27

South Africa, Western Cape, HOECK

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Barcode: PRE0172854-0 Collector(s) & number: Andreae, H, 387 | 1920-12-

South Africa, Western Cape, MILNERTON

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Barcode: PRE0172861-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 20433 | 1952-9-24

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE TOWN; SOCIAL FARM

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: NBG0002209-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 928 | 1940-11-25

South Africa, Western Cape, Kirstenbosch. Herbarium Hill.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: NBG0024523-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 21844 | 1949-12-19

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula. Theefontein.

General notes: Flowers white or pale mauve. Cited.

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Barcode: NBG0024501-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 15910 | 1944-9-1

South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury Dist. Witklip (Vredenburg).

General notes: Flowers blue ray with yellow disc. Cited.

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Barcode: NBG0024517-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 14006 | 1942-10-29

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula. Smitswinkel.

General notes: Flowers mauve ray with yellow disc. Cited.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: NBG0024508-0 Collector(s) & number: Morris, GD, 16 | 1949-3-6

South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch Dist. Zandvliet, Eerste River, near Strand.

General notes: White rays, yellow centre. Cited.

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Barcode: NBG0024524-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 3952 | 1946-1-15

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula. Sirkels Vlei.

General notes: Flower blue. Cited.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: NBG0024521-0 Collector(s) & number: Parker, RN, 3656 | 1942-3-14

South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch Dist. Near Lourence R. Strand.

General notes: Moist sandy soil. Cited.

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Barcode: NBG0024853-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 18914 | 1946-12-10

South Africa, Western Cape, Mamesbury Dist. Near Hopefield.

General notes: In sand. Flowers mauve with yellow disc.

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Barcode: NBG0024692-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 9449 | 1940-9-15

South Africa, Western Cape, Malmesbury Dist. At turnout of Gansekraal.

General notes: Rocks. Flowers blue with yellow centre. Cited.

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Barcode: NBG0094856-0 Collector(s) & number: Axelson, H, 83 | 1969-10-13

South Africa, Western Cape, Riet Bay. Towards Blauberg. Plate 78; no. 5.

General notes: Shore area.

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Barcode: NBG0094857-0 Collector(s) & number: Axelson, H, 344 | 1970-10-16

South Africa, Western Cape, Darling. Plate 78; no. 5.

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Barcode: NBG0097603-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 4367 | 1962-11-19

South Africa, Western Cape, Simonstown. Red Hill.

General notes: Alt. 700 ft. (Sugony?) reedy T.M.S. Marshy in winter.

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Barcode: NBG0159916-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 10274 | 1995-8-24

South Africa, Western Cape, Vredenburg, Witteklip rocks.

General notes: Shallow soil over granite domes. Flowers light blue.

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Barcode: NBG0222881-0 Collector(s) & number: De Vos, MP, 498 | 1947-1-27

South Africa, Western Cape, Caledon Dist. Kleinmond, behind 4th sand dune.

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Barcode: NBG0222883-0 Collector(s) & number: Thompson, MF, 2383 | 1975-8-19

South Africa, Northern Cape, Akkerdam Nature Reserve, Calvinia: below Hantam Peak.

General notes: Alt. 3300 ft. Gentle sandy S slope near streamlet. Local patches of annuals. Rays mauve/blue, disc yellow.

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Barcode: NBG0224715-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 5615 | 1894-10-19

South Africa, Western Cape, Swellendam Dist. Riviersonderend.

General notes: Alt. 120 m. Bot. Museum der University of Zurich.

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Barcode: NBG0224713-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 4163 | 1978-11-29

South Africa, Western Cape, S of Skulpbaai. Buck Bay Farm.

General notes: Alt. 21 m. Well-drained salty soil comprising sand and loam. Veld type 34. Releve 608. Common, local, deciduous, annual herb with blue flowers. 15 cm tall.

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Barcode: NBG0224719-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 6076 | 1964-11-23

South Africa, Western Cape, Simonstown Dist. Red Hill.

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Barcode: NBG0273040-0 Collector(s) & number: Husted, LB, LBH 56 | 2008-12-9

South Africa, Western Cape, Riverlands Nature Reserve. South of Malmesbury. North of Dassenberg Hills. 33.49977 S: 18.58063 E. Altitude: ±100 m.

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Barcode: GHPG$0003601-0 Collector(s) & number: Forrester, JA, 1921 | 2010-1-28

South Africa, Western Cape, Grootbos Nature Reserve, Gansbaai.

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Observation records

2008-01-01

South Africa

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2008-01-01

South Africa

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2008-01-01

South Africa

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Barcode: WAG.1755453 | Collector(s) & number: Pretorius WAJ , Pretorius, WAJ 206 | 1990-09-10

South Africa , Northern Cape

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Barcode: WAG.1755451 | Collector(s) & number: Williams SL , Williams, SL 445 | 1980-09-14

South Africa

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Barcode: WAG.1755450 | Collector(s) & number: Williams SL , Williams, SL 468 | 1980-09-19

South Africa

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Barcode: WAG.1755449 | Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt P , Goldblatt, P 4764 | 1978-08-29

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297836 | Collector(s) & number: Vermeulen P , Vermeulen, P s.n. | 1963-01-05

South Africa , Western Cape

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Barcode: L.1297838 | Collector(s) & number: Kleinhoonte A , Kleinhoonte, A 208 | 1938-09-10

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297839 | Collector(s) & number: Kleinhoonte A , Kleinhoonte, A 40 | 1938-09-03

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297840 | Collector(s) & number: Kleinhoonte A , Kleinhoonte, A 319 | 1938-09-13

South Africa

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Barcode: U.1130514 | Collector(s) & number: Lanjouw (Africa) J , Lanjouw (Africa), J 279 | 1938-09-09

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297843 | Collector(s) & number: Schlechter FRR , Schlechter, FRR 5615 | 1894-10-19

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297867 | Collector(s) & number: Schlechter FRR , Schlechter, FRR 5615 | 1894-10-19

South Africa

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Barcode: U.1130515 | Collector(s) & number: Schlechter FRR , Schlechter, FRR 5615 | 1894-10-19

South Africa

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Barcode: WAG.1755452 | Collector(s) & number: Schlechter FRR , Schlechter, FRR 5615 | 1894-10-19

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297850 | Collector(s) & number: Wilms F , Wilms, F s.n. | 1883-09-23

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297844 | Collector(s) & number: Wright C; US North Pacific Exploring Expedition , Wright, C; US North Pacific Exploring Expedition s.n. | 1853-01-01/1853-12-31

South Africa

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Barcode: L.1297849 | Collector(s) & number: Wright C; US North Pacific Exploring Expedition , Wright, C; US North Pacific Exploring Expedition s.n. | 1853-01-01/1853-12-31

South Africa

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Barcode: WAG.1755454 | Collector(s) & number: Ecklon CF , Ecklon, CF 111 b |

South Africa

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1973

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Revision der gattung Felicia (Asteraceae) Grau, HRJ

Mitteilungen (aus) der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 9: 195-705

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