Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt
Naturalised Invasive

Morphological description

Leaf blades 5-150(-250) x 2-25(-35+) mm Peduncles 2-5(-15+) cm Phyllaries (incurved in fruit), abaxial faces glabrous or scabrous to hispid. Cypselae 5-7.5 mm; pappi 0.1-0.5(-1) or 2-5 mm. From: Strother, JL. 2006. 57. Hedypnois. Fl. N. Amer. 19(1): 302-302. New York Botanic Garden, New York. [Permission to reproduce this work was granted to SANBI by the New York Botanical Garden Press] [All rights reserved]

Annual herb with milky latex, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves rosulate, entire to pinnatifid. Capitula ligulate, on stout, rather long peduncles; involucre with bracts in 2 distinct, unequal rows. Florets bisexual, corolla yellow, dorsally sometimes with reddish or greenish stripes. Flowering time Oct. Pappus a small corona in outer florets, of few, coarse, basally flattened and scale-like, scabrid bristles in inner florets. Cypselae narrowly terete and incurved, enclosed by persistent involucral bracts. From: Cron, GV; et al. 2019. Asteraceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 423-682. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Hedypnois cretica (L.) Dum.Cours.

Habitat

Disturbed sites. From: Strother, JL. 2006. 57. Hedypnois. Fl. N. Amer. 19(1): 302-302. New York Botanic Garden, New York. [Permission to reproduce this work was granted to SANBI by the New York Botanical Garden Press] [All rights reserved]

Introduced weed, apparently not common, disturbed places near the coast, alt. 0-50 m. Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld. From: Cron, GV; et al. 2019. Asteraceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 423-682. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY] As: Hedypnois cretica (L.) Dum.Cours.

Distribution

Introduced. From: Strother, JL. 2006. 57. Hedypnois. Fl. N. Amer. 19(1): 302-302. New York Botanic Garden, New York. [Permission to reproduce this work was granted to SANBI by the New York Botanical Garden Press] [All rights reserved]

Flowering time

March to August

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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

FSA

SA

BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt

Published in: Samml. Phys.-Oekon. Aufsatze 1: 279 (1795)

Synonym(s)

Hyoseris rhagadioloides L.

Published in: Sp. Pl. 2: 809 (1753)


Hedypnois cretica (L.) Dum.Cours.

Published in: Bot. Cult. 2: 339 (1802)


Hedypnois polymorpha DC.

Published in: Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(1): 81 (1838)


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

SUBFAMILY Cichorioideae

12 results for Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt

Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0228665-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 20394 | 1952-9-14

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; SLOPES BELOW DE WAAL DRIVE ABOVE OBSERVATORY

General notes: Very vigorous covering soil.

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Barcode: PRE0228666-0 Collector(s) & number: Long, FR, 1100 | 1933-10-7

South Africa, Eastern Cape, PORT ELIZABETH; HUMEWOOD; SEA COAST

General notes: Limestone. Annual.

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Observation records

Date: 9/26/2020 1:02:00 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 10/18/2019 7:51:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 9/12/2021 1:41:00 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 9/12/2021 2:18:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 9/25/2021 4:39:00 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 10/26/2021 10:29:07 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 11/8/2021 9:50:06 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 11/24/2021 9:11:07 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 12/27/2021 11:14:02 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 12/1/2021 8:19:55 AM

Western Cape

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2019

SERIES CHAPTER

Asteraceae Cron, GV; et al.

In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)423-682

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2006

FLORA

57. Hedypnois Strother, JL

Flora North America north of Mexico 19(1)302-302

New York Botanic Garden, New York

FLORA CHAPTER

Hedypnois Sell, PD

Flora Europaea 4: 307-308

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

No results found for Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt

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