Diagnostic ⁴

"Subshrubs, pubescent, intermingled with spreading hairs. Leaves 4-5 x 3-5 cm, orbicular or ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, margins serrate, stellate pubescent, 7-nerved; petiole to 4 cm long; bracts linear. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1 cm, in fruits up to 6.5 cm; epicalyx segments 5, 8 x 4 mm, pubescent; sepals connate at base, 6 x 4 mm, ovate, pubescent; petals 9 x 6 mm, obovate, yellow, glabrous; staminal column 7 mm. Schizocarp 8 mm across, mericarps 5, muricate; seeds 2 mm."

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Royal Botanic Garden  Edinburgh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://data.rbge.org.uk/images/397502/700
2. (c) Royal Botanic Garden  Edinburgh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://data.rbge.org.uk/images/397514/700
3. (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/11926895876/
4. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26342106

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