PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASTERALES / ASTERACEAE / CICHORIOIDEAE / CICHORIEAE / HYPOCHAERIS / MICROCEPHALA / ALBIFLORA
Perennial herb with a leaf rosette crowning a stout taproot, flowering stems one to several, lateral to the rosette, decumbent then erect to c. 30 cm, simple below, branching above, glabrous except for sparse white cottony hairs on the peduncles, remotely leafy, inflorescence branches bracteate. Radical leaves spreading, up to 15 x 4 cm, oblong in outline, narrowed to a broad, winged, petiole-like base, runcinate-pinnatifid or, in small leaves, merely coarsely toothed, lobes narrowly triangular or oblong, tips somewhat recurved, margins entire or nearly so, cauline leaves similar but sessile, soon passing into lanceolate-acuminate entire bracts. Heads on long nearly nude peduncles corymbose-paniculately arranged, less than 2 cm long, less than 1.5 cm across the expanded ligules, involucral bracts thinly white-cottony on the backs. Flowers white. Achenes reddish-brown, c. 9 mm long, about 4 mm of this slender beak, body of achene slender, cylindric, tapering into the beak, broadly ribbed, transversely wrinkled, rough with small upward-pointing projections. Pappus uniseriate, of long delicate plumose bristles. From: Hilliard, OM. 1977. Compositae in Natal. Univ. Natal, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Perennial herb, up to 300 mm high, with milky latex. Leaves: blade of basal leaves oblong in outline, 150 x 40 mm, narrowed to broad, winged, petiole-like base, margins coarsely dentate or runcinate-pinnatifid; stem leaves similar but sessile. Heads ligulate, on long peduncles, corymbose paniculate. Involucral bracts in several series, imbricate. Receptacle paleate. Flowers: white; Oct.-Mar. Fruit with cypsela reddish brown, cylindric, 5-ribbed, transversely wrinkled, with slender beak. Pappus uniseriate, all setae long and plumose. From: Herman, PPJ; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Asteraceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 249-413. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Perennial herb, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves in a rosette, oblong in outline, narrowed to broad, winged, petiole-like base, runcinate-pinnatifid; cauline leaves similar but sessile. Pappus uniseriate, all setae long and plumose. Achenes 5-ribbed. Flowers white. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Garden weed. From: Hilliard, OM. 1977. Compositae in Natal. Univ. Natal, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Vredefort Dome Savanna; Dry Grassland; Mesic Grassland. Weed in disturbed places. From: Herman, PPJ; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Asteraceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 249-413. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Weed in disturbed places. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
A native of South America, recorded as a garden weed in Natal. From: Hilliard, OM. 1977. Compositae in Natal. Univ. Natal, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved]
Native to South America. From: Herman, PPJ; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Asteraceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 249-413. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Native to South America. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
October to March
600 to 1700 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
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
Hypochaeris brasiliensis (Less.) Griseb. var. albiflora Kuntze
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asterales
FAMILY Asteraceae
SUBFAMILY Cichorioideae
TRIBE Cichorieae
GENUS Hypochaeris
SPECIES microcephala
VARIETY albiflora
24 results for Hypochaeris microcephala (Sch.Bip.) Cabrera var. albiflora (Kuntze) Cabrera
Year
Barcode: PRE0552704-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 10796 | 1977-12-1
South Africa, Eastern Cape, GRAHAMSTOWN; ON BEDFORD RD.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0723119-0 Collector(s) & number: Crosby, MJAW, 589 | 1988-1-28
South Africa, Free State, CORNELIA DIST; 9KM N OF CORNELIA ON ROAD TO ANNIESGIFT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0755019-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 4544 | 2003-12-18
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Arnot. Farm Schoonoord, ca. 5.5 km SSW from Arnot Power Station.
General notes: Moist Sandy Highveld Grassland. Gentle slope. Disc and ray florets white. Milky sap.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0579330-0 Collector(s) & number: Kroon, NV, 15367 | 1997-10-11
South Africa, Free State, Sasol Game Park, The Star 387, SW of Sasolburg.
General notes: Erect, herb, 30 - 40 cm high. Corymbose inflorescence of solitary creamy white flowers. Leaves, glossy unders, raised light green midrib. Scattered plants in black turf.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0558786-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 11003 | 1977-12-12
South Africa, Eastern Cape, BREAKFAST VLEI; RIPPLEMEAD ESTATES NE OF BREAKFAST VLEI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0229961-0 Collector(s) & number: Werger, MJA, 220 | 1969-1-18
South Africa, Free State, WOODFORT; OPSTAL-BOSSAU; DICHTBIJ OPSTAL-BOSSAU 15 MI. N. VAN BETHLEHEM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0784295-0 Collector(s) & number: de Lange, FA, FA 1295 | 1992-3-26
South Africa, Free State, Lindley. Arlington - Vendusiekrale.
General notes: Grasveld. Klei. Oop son. Kruid 20 cm hoog. Wit blommetjies, groen blomknoppies. Ex Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 9978
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE1028700-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 13339 | 2013-2-2
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Sabi District, Vertroosting Nature Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0647038-0 Collector(s) & number: Jacobsz, ML, 1793 | 1976-12-11
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, KLIPRIVIER DIST.; KROMELLENBOOG
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0229966-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 11395 | 1945-4-4
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, WEENEN DIST.; ESTCOURT PASTURE RES
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0781098-0 Collector(s) & number: de Lange, FA, FA 166 | 1991-12-3
South Africa, Free State, Virginia. 10 km S van Virginia, langs kraglyn.
General notes: Tamarisk veld. Grond klipperig. Oop son. Versteurde gebied. Kruid .2 m hoog. Wit blommetjie. Ex Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 10566
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0130490-0 Collector(s) & number: Siebert, SJ, 2465 | 2003-11-12
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Mtunzini.
General notes: Perennial herb up to 0.35m tall. Small yellow heads "microcephala". Leaves deeply divided. Vegetation type: Lawn area of camping site. Substrate: soil. Biotic effect: mowed. Notes: Introduced weed. Other: Lawn mowed once a month. Altitude: 45m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0229983-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 5536 | 1974-10-9
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg Dist. Scottsville; Ridge Road.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0865536-0 Collector(s) & number: Kroon, NV, 56 | 1977-10-28
South Africa, Free State, Sasolburg.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0229964-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 6364 | 1968-1-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal,
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0107592-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 572 | 1989-3-27
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Fairbreeze Farm. Dannhauser.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0853835-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 13486 | 1995-12-29
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Richards Bay. Harbour. West (near Pioneer Centre).
General notes: Roadside ruderal. Sand and pebbles. Slope: level. Locally common.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0642249-0 Collector(s) & number: Jacot Guillarmod, AFMG, 8904 | 1981-11-6
South Africa, Eastern Cape, PEDDIE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0723030-0 Collector(s) & number: Crosby, MJAW, 551 | 1988-1-25
South Africa, Free State, VAALKRANS FARM; S.W. OF PETRUS STEYN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0229984-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 6943 | 1973-10-27
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Bergville Dist. Winterton; Recreation Park.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0755018-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 4547 | 2003-12-18
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Arnot. Farm Schoonoord, ca. 5.5 km SSW from Arnot Power Station.
General notes: Moist Sandy Highveld Grassland. Gentle slope.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0650134-0 Collector(s) & number: Behr, CM, 638 | 1983-11-30
South Africa, Gauteng, ROODEPOORT; TRANSVAAL BOT GARDEN; ABOVE WATERFALL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0229959-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 20818 | 1959-11-14
South Africa, Free State, LINDLEY DIST; 7 MI. NE. BY N. OF TOWN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0566587-0 Collector(s) & number: Jacobsen, NHG, 5557 | 1997-10-24
South Africa, Gauteng, Heidelberg. Elandsfontein Fram 412IR , on the Suikerbosrand River.
General notes: Grassland. Soil. Poorly drained. Clay. Full. SE - aspect. Slope: gentle. Biotic effect: wet - heavily grazed. Heavily grazed. Erect herb. Plant height: 10-15cm. Leaves prostrate rosette. Inflorescence white. Perennial. Abundant. Grows in overgrazed grassland, especially adjacent to the Suikerbosrand River.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2017
SERIES CHAPTER
Asteraceae Herman, PPJ; Retief, E; Meyer, NLIn: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 249-413
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1997
SERIES
Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJStrelitzia 6: 1-681
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
1977
No results found for Hypochaeris microcephala (Sch.Bip.) Cabrera var. albiflora (Kuntze) Cabrera
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