PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASTERALES / ASTERACEAE / ASTEROIDEAE / ANTHEMIDEAE / LEUCOPTERA / OPPOSITIFOLIA
Erect or ascending shrublets 2-6 dm high, moderately to richly branched. Leaves opposite (rarely some subopposite or alternate), rather laxly set (internodes mostly 0.5-1 cm, sometime up to 2 cm long), linear-oblanceolate, 0.5-2(-2.5) cm long, 1-2(-3) mm thick, somewhat narrowed towards the base, usually entire, seldom 3(-4)-lobed below the middle, somewhat flattened, leathery, greyish green, obtuse. Peduncles erect, often flexuous when young, 5-18 cm long, 0.6-1 mm thick, faintly striate. Involucre 0.6-1.3 cm wide. Outer (visible) involucral bracts ca 12, broadly ovate to elliptic-oblong, with 5-7 faint resiniferous veins, herbaceous, with brownish membranous margins and obtuse-rounded tips. Innermost involucral bracts 4-5, shorter than the largest outer ones, ± oblong, truncate-emarginate, submembranous. Receptacle convex-hemispherical, nude. Ray-florets ca 8(6-11). Tube 1-1.3 mm long, somewhat compressed, glandular in the upper part. Lamina oblong-obovate-elliptic-oblong, 3-7 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm wide, 5-7-veined, apically shallowly 3-lobed, white, becoming pink-reddish and reflexed when old. Style branches 0.3-0.5 mm long, oblong, slightly emarginate, with a central resin excretion. Disc-florets 25-50. Corolla 2.4-2.8 mm long. Tube 1-1.3 mm long, broadly cylindrical, glandular-hirsute in the upper part. Limb campanulate, ca 1.5 mm long; lobes deltoid-ovate, 0.5-0.7 mm long, with a small resin dot near the tip (rarely 2-3 dots). Anthers ca 1 mm long incl. the ovate-triangular obtuse-subacute appendage. Style branches ca 0.5 mm long, with a central resin excretion, truncate. Pollen grains ca 37x 39 ? (spines included). Total number of spines in one pollen grain ca 38. Exine as in L. subcarnosa. From: Nordenstam, RB. 1976. Reclassification of Chrysanthemum L. in South Africa. Bot. Not. 129(2): 137-165. [All rights reserved]
Shrublet, 0.2-0.6 m tall. Leaves opposite, rarely some subopposite or alternate, linear-oblanceolate, non-fleshy, seldom 3(4)-lobed below middle. Flowerheads radiate, terminal, solitary on long peduncles; involucre campanulate-hemispherical, bracts imbricate, tips obtuse or rounded; ray florets (6-)8(-11), white, becoming pink-reddish and reflexed when old, shallowly 3-lobed; disc florets yellow. Cypselas oblong-obovate, compressed and winged; pappus of 3 scales. From: Herman, PPJ. 2013. Asteraceae: Leucoptera. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 304-304. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
This new species is distinguished by its opposite, non-fleshy leaves, and the resin glands in the corolla lobes. The latter character recurs in L. nodosa, which, however, has alternate, filiform, often trifid leaves with a distinctly swollen base, and larger florets. From: Nordenstam, RB. 1976. Reclassification of Chrysanthemum L. in South Africa. Bot. Not. 129(2): 137-165. [All rights reserved]
Like L. subcarnosa it is apparently confined to quartzite outcrops. From: Nordenstam, RB. 1976. Reclassification of Chrysanthemum L. in South Africa. Bot. Not. 129(2): 137-165. [All rights reserved]
Quartzite outcrops. From: Herman, PPJ. 2013. Asteraceae: Leucoptera. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 304-304. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
L. oppositifolia is only know n from my own collections near Komkans in the north western corner of the Knersvlakte region. From: Nordenstam, RB. 1976. Reclassification of Chrysanthemum L. in South Africa. Bot. Not. 129(2): 137-165. [All rights reserved]
NW Knersvlakte from Komkans and Kerskloof areas. From: Herman, PPJ. 2013. Asteraceae: Leucoptera. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 304-304. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
August to September
0 to 500 m
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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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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asterales
FAMILY Asteraceae
SUBFAMILY Asteroideae
TRIBE Anthemideae
GENUS Leucoptera
SPECIES oppositifolia
9 results for Leucoptera oppositifolia B.Nord.
Barcode: PRE0486228-0 Collector(s) & number: Nordenstam, RB, 1738 | 1974-9-8
South Africa, Western Cape, VAN RHYNSDORP DIV.; KERSKLOOF; 1 KM. NE. OF KERSKLOOF AND 10 KM. NW. OFKOMKANS FARM
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Barcode: PRE0861686-0 Collector(s) & number: Koekemoer, M, 4298 | 2012-8-5
South Africa, Western Cape, Knersvlakte; Moedverloor protected area.
General notes: Gentle slope. Abundant but localised. Plants sparsely branched, leaves cylindrical, succulent. Rays white, discs yellow.
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Barcode: NBG1474389-0 Collector(s) & number: Koekemoer, M, 4298 | 2012-8-5
South Africa, Western Cape, Knersvlakte; Moedverloor protected area.
General notes: Gentle slope. Abundant but localised. Plants sparsely branched, leaves cylindrical, succulent. Rays white, discs yellow.
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Barcode: NBG0200051-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 3085 | 2004-8-28
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp. Northern Knersvlakte, 15 km SE of Nuwerus, on Vlaminkeberg (Rooiberg).
General notes: Succulent Karoo. Gentle, mountain slope. Well-drained, sandy, rocky soil. Baserock. Quartzite. Full sun. S aspect. No biotic effect seen. Woody shrub. Discs yellow, rays white. Some leaves gaucous. Flowers and fruit present. Plant height 0.35 m. Uncommon.
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Barcode: NBG0197200-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmiedel, 8908 | 2001-8-30
South Africa, Western Cape, Moedverloren 208. Site number 028007. Lat:31°27'41"S; Long:18°26'49"E.
General notes: Local occasional semi-deciduous perennial erect dwarf shrub. Yellow flowers. Plant height 40 m. Endemic to quartz fields.
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Barcode: NBG0113999-0 Collector(s) & number: Nordenstam, RB, 1738 | 1974-9-8
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp Dist. 1 km NE of Kerskloof (= ca 10 km NW of Farm Komkans), small quartzite outcrop.
General notes: Gentle slope, SE aspect. Shrubs 2 - 5 dm. Leabes coriaceous, greyish-green. Rays white, eventually pink-reddish. Disc yellow.
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Barcode: NBG0210358-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 4912 | 2007-9-7
South Africa, Western Cape, N of Knersvlakte, 10 km NE of Nuwerus, flats SE of Blesberg. 31°06'13.8" S; 18°26'31.7" E.
General notes: Succulent Karoo biome. Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld vegetation. Plain. Well-drained, loam, stony soil. Shale, quartzite. Full sun. E aspect. Gentle slope. No biotic effect seen. Dwarf shrub. Disc yellow, rays white to mauve. Leaves barely succulent. Flowers present. Plant height 0.1- 0.2 m. Uncommon, very localised. Quartz patch.
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Barcode: NBG1574146-0 Collector(s) & number: Zhigila, DA, 1068 | 2021-9-14
South Africa, Western Cape, Vanrhynsdorp. Moedverloren farm, Knersvlakte, Namaqualand.
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This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2013
SERIES CHAPTER
Asteraceae: Leucoptera Herman, PPJIn: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 304-304
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1976
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Reclassification of Chrysanthemum L. in South Africa Nordenstam, RBBotaniska Notiser 129(2)137-165
No results found for Leucoptera oppositifolia B.Nord.
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