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Mutisia orbignyana

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

Weddell

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jul Spring -Autumn

Fruiting Times

Evergreen twining tendril vine or erect shrub with glabrous branches. Glabrous leaves to 70mm x 8mm. Terminal heads of 150mm diameter red flowers, glabrous reddish phyllaries in 4-5 series, outer ones 10mm long, mucronate inner one to 35mm x 4.5mm, 5-8 orange florets with bilabiate corolla, tube 12mm long. Glabrous achenes 5mm long with pappus to 18mm long.

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE