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Otopappus verbesinoides

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forest
• thickets
• forest

Flowering Times

• All year sporadically

Fruiting Times

Climber to 12m or tree with strigillose branches. Leaves to 160mm x 50mm strigillose beneath with serrulate margins. 3-10 flower heads in terminal cymose clusters, heads to 6mm x 11mm with 4-5 series of bracts. 8-15 ray florets with yellow ligules to 15mm long, 30-70 disc florest with yellow corollas. Achenes to 5mm long, pappus to 3 mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Standley