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Kleinia petraea (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [family ]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Kleinia petraea (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [family ], in K.B. 41: 926 (1986); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: fig. 426 (1987); P. Halliday, Noteworthy sp. Kleinia, in Hookers Ic. Pl. 29 (4): 67, t. 3887 (1988). Type: Tanzania, Morogoro District, Uluguru, Ukami, Pembacito, Busse 291 (B†, holo, EA!, iso.)
Senecio petraeus Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 43: 70 (1909), nom. illegit., non Boiss. & Reut. (1852) nec Klatt (1882)
Notonia petraea R.E.Fr. [family COMPOSITAE], in Act. Hort. Berg. 9: 148 (1928); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 224, t. 94 (1994)
Senecio jacobsenii G.D.Rowley [family COMPOSITAE], in Nat. Cact. Succ. Journ. 10: 31 (1955). Type as for Notonia petraea
Notoniopsis petraea (R.E.Fr.) B.Nord. [family COMPOSITAE], in Op. Bot. 44: 72 (1978)
Information
Succulent perennial herb with fleshy creeping or procumbent stems to 50 cm long and 8 mm across, and erect flowering scapes to 40 cm high; stems thick, grey-green, glabrous. Leaves erect or spreading, thick, succulent, sessile, oblanceolate, obovate or obovate-spatulate, 2–6.6 cm long, 0.7–3.2 cm wide, cuneate or attenuate into a petioloid base, margins entire, apex rounded, minutely acuminate-apiculate, glabrous, often tinged purple, mauve or brown, sometimes glaucous. Capitula discoid, 1–5, terminal; involucre cylindrical, 15–24 mm long, 12–15 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 1–3 or absent, ovate or lanceolate, bract-like, 7–13 mm long; phyllaries 6–10, usually 8, thick, succulent, glaucous or pruinose, 15–24 mm long. Ray florets absent; disc florets orange, orange-red or orange-yellow, corolla 15.5–24 mm long, tube glabrous, slightly expanded above the middle, lobes 1.3–1.5 mm long. Achenes 5 mm long, glabrous, pappus 18–25 mm long.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 3, 4, 6; T 1, 2, 5, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1300–2450 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Seya R. 30 km SE of Maralal, Feb. 1974, Bally & Carter 16557!KENYA Eldama Ravine District Eldama–Nakuru road, equator, Oct. 1981, Gilbert & Mesfin 6420!KENYA Machakos District Kyamutheke Hill, June 1992, Luke 3172!TANZANIA Musoma District Serengeti, Engari Nanyuki, June 1962, Greenway & Turner 10696!TANZANIA Moshi District Lake Magadini, Dec. 1970, Richards & Arasululu 26524!TANZANIA Kondoa District near Kondoa, Feb. 1937, B.D.Burtt 5563!
Notes
USES. Minor medicinal against cattle fleas and lice (Glover); as ornamental (Patel & Mungai)CONSERVATION Fairly widespread and not uncommon; least concern (LC) A specimen from Uganda, ‘native garden near Kampala’, Mar. 1935, Chandler 1150! says ‘ordinary cultivation near house’ and so must be considered non-native.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Kleinia petraea (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [family ], in K.B. 41: 926 (1986); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: fig. 426 (1987); P. Halliday, Noteworthy sp. Kleinia, in Hookers Ic. Pl. 29 (4): 67, t. 3887 (1988). Type: Tanzania, Morogoro District, Uluguru, Ukami, Pembacito, Busse 291 (B†, holo, EA!, iso.)
Senecio petraeus Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 43: 70 (1909), nom. illegit., non Boiss. & Reut. (1852) nec Klatt (1882)
Notonia petraea R.E.Fr. [family COMPOSITAE], in Act. Hort. Berg. 9: 148 (1928); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 224, t. 94 (1994)
Senecio jacobsenii G.D.Rowley [family COMPOSITAE], in Nat. Cact. Succ. Journ. 10: 31 (1955). Type as for Notonia petraea
Notoniopsis petraea (R.E.Fr.) B.Nord. [family COMPOSITAE], in Op. Bot. 44: 72 (1978)
Information
Succulent perennial herb with fleshy creeping or procumbent stems to 50 cm long and 8 mm across, and erect flowering scapes to 40 cm high; stems thick, grey-green, glabrous. Leaves erect or spreading, thick, succulent, sessile, oblanceolate, obovate or obovate-spatulate, 2–6.6 cm long, 0.7–3.2 cm wide, cuneate or attenuate into a petioloid base, margins entire, apex rounded, minutely acuminate-apiculate, glabrous, often tinged purple, mauve or brown, sometimes glaucous. Capitula discoid, 1–5, terminal; involucre cylindrical, 15–24 mm long, 12–15 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 1–3 or absent, ovate or lanceolate, bract-like, 7–13 mm long; phyllaries 6–10, usually 8, thick, succulent, glaucous or pruinose, 15–24 mm long. Ray florets absent; disc florets orange, orange-red or orange-yellow, corolla 15.5–24 mm long, tube glabrous, slightly expanded above the middle, lobes 1.3–1.5 mm long. Achenes 5 mm long, glabrous, pappus 18–25 mm long.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 3, 4, 6; T 1, 2, 5, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1300–2450 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Seya R. 30 km SE of Maralal, Feb. 1974, Bally & Carter 16557!KENYA Eldama Ravine District Eldama–Nakuru road, equator, Oct. 1981, Gilbert & Mesfin 6420!KENYA Machakos District Kyamutheke Hill, June 1992, Luke 3172!TANZANIA Musoma District Serengeti, Engari Nanyuki, June 1962, Greenway & Turner 10696!TANZANIA Moshi District Lake Magadini, Dec. 1970, Richards & Arasululu 26524!TANZANIA Kondoa District near Kondoa, Feb. 1937, B.D.Burtt 5563!
Notes
USES. Minor medicinal against cattle fleas and lice (Glover); as ornamental (Patel & Mungai)CONSERVATION Fairly widespread and not uncommon; least concern (LC) A specimen from Uganda, ‘native garden near Kampala’, Mar. 1935, Chandler 1150! says ‘ordinary cultivation near house’ and so must be considered non-native.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Kleinia petraea (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [family ], in K.B. 41: 926 (1986); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: fig. 426 (1987); P. Halliday, Noteworthy sp. Kleinia, in Hookers Ic. Pl. 29 (4): 67, t. 3887 (1988). Type: Tanzania, Morogoro District, Uluguru, Ukami, Pembacito, Busse 291 (B†, holo, EA!, iso.)
Senecio petraeus Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 43: 70 (1909), nom. illegit., non Boiss. & Reut. (1852) nec Klatt (1882)
Notonia petraea R.E.Fr. [family COMPOSITAE], in Act. Hort. Berg. 9: 148 (1928); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 224, t. 94 (1994)
Senecio jacobsenii G.D.Rowley [family COMPOSITAE], in Nat. Cact. Succ. Journ. 10: 31 (1955). Type as for Notonia petraea
Notoniopsis petraea (R.E.Fr.) B.Nord. [family COMPOSITAE], in Op. Bot. 44: 72 (1978)
Information
Succulent perennial herb with fleshy creeping or procumbent stems to 50 cm long and 8 mm across, and erect flowering scapes to 40 cm high; stems thick, grey-green, glabrous. Leaves erect or spreading, thick, succulent, sessile, oblanceolate, obovate or obovate-spatulate, 2–6.6 cm long, 0.7–3.2 cm wide, cuneate or attenuate into a petioloid base, margins entire, apex rounded, minutely acuminate-apiculate, glabrous, often tinged purple, mauve or brown, sometimes glaucous. Capitula discoid, 1–5, terminal; involucre cylindrical, 15–24 mm long, 12–15 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 1–3 or absent, ovate or lanceolate, bract-like, 7–13 mm long; phyllaries 6–10, usually 8, thick, succulent, glaucous or pruinose, 15–24 mm long. Ray florets absent; disc florets orange, orange-red or orange-yellow, corolla 15.5–24 mm long, tube glabrous, slightly expanded above the middle, lobes 1.3–1.5 mm long. Achenes 5 mm long, glabrous, pappus 18–25 mm long.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 3, 4, 6; T 1, 2, 5, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1300–2450 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Seya R. 30 km SE of Maralal, Feb. 1974, Bally & Carter 16557!KENYA Eldama Ravine District Eldama–Nakuru road, equator, Oct. 1981, Gilbert & Mesfin 6420!KENYA Machakos District Kyamutheke Hill, June 1992, Luke 3172!TANZANIA Musoma District Serengeti, Engari Nanyuki, June 1962, Greenway & Turner 10696!TANZANIA Moshi District Lake Magadini, Dec. 1970, Richards & Arasululu 26524!TANZANIA Kondoa District near Kondoa, Feb. 1937, B.D.Burtt 5563!
Notes
USES. Minor medicinal against cattle fleas and lice (Glover); as ornamental (Patel & Mungai)CONSERVATION Fairly widespread and not uncommon; least concern (LC) A specimen from Uganda, ‘native garden near Kampala’, Mar. 1935, Chandler 1150! says ‘ordinary cultivation near house’ and so must be considered non-native.
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