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Calea pinnatifida

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(R. Brown) Banks ex Steudel

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• disturbed areas
• montane
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct (Argentina) Oct (Brazil) Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec (Paraguay)

Fruiting Times

Hairy twining subshrub to 2m with glabrescent stems. Pinnatifid leaves to 65mm x 25mm, scabrous above, hispid beneath. Flowerhead to 14mm x 8mm with bracts to 6mm x 3mm, cream or yellowish perfumed flowers in axillary corymbs, 6-7 ray flowers with corolla to 10mm x 2.6mm, tube to 3.5mm, limb to 6mm, 3-lobed apex, 10-15 disc flowers, corolla to 7mm, tube to 4mm, limb to 2mm. Achenes to 3mm x 0.6mm, 25-27 pappi to 6mm long.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Fl. do Brasil