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Trixis divaricata

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Kunth) Sprengel

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Ceará
• Goias
• Mato Grosso
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Hispaniola
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• shrubland
• scrubland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Hairy sometimes climbing subshrub with striate tomentose stems. Pubescent leaves to 170mm x 50mm. Panicles with 1-3 pubescent bracts, flower heads to 10mm long, yellow or white flowers with phyllaries in 2 series, 10-12 florets with white or yellowish corollas, tube to 9mm long. Pubescent achenes to 6mm x 1mm with tawny pappus 11mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Standley
• SAFIO