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Mutisia pulcherrima

Botanic Family
Asteraceae
Author
Muschler

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Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Vine to 8m with glabrous branches. Pinnate leaves terminating in trifid tendril, mucronate glabrous leaves to 80mm x 27mm, 3-5 pairs of leaflets. Orange flowers, 5-6 series of phyllaries, outer series to 20mm x 5mm, inner series to 60mm x 12mm. 14-15 ray florets with orange corolla, bilabiate disc florets with tube to 15mm long. Glabrous achenes with pappus to 25mm long.

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