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Pulicaria crispa

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  • Botanical Name : Pulicaria crispa Sch. Bip.
  • Plant Family : Asteraceae (Compositae)
  • Plant Form : Herb
  • Occurrence (Sectors) : 15
  • Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Pulicaria crispa Plant :

  • Habit : An erect or suberect, woody herb.
  • Leaves : Sessile, narrowly linear-oblong or spathulate, cottony-white-tomentose beneath.
  • Inflorescence : Capitulum (Head), bright-yellow, terminal.
  • Fruit : Achenes minute, pale-brown, oblong, glabrous.
  • Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - January
  • Significance : Wildly growing herb.