Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Annual herbs or suffrutices.
Leaves alternate, simple, semi-amplexicaul, usually
discolorous. Capitula homogamous and discoid or (in ours)
heterogamous; inner florets actinomorphic, bisexual; outer
male, radiate. Phyllaries many-seriate, imbricate.
Receptacular scales present, resembling the inner phyllaries.
Ray florets when present with large, deep-red, 3-fid
rays. Achenes barrel-shaped, 5-angled. Pappus of 4-5, caducous, barbellate setae.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Erythrocephalum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1569
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
