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Ursinia anthemoides

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Species of flowering plant For the album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, see Solar Fire.

Ursinia anthemoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ursinia
Species: U. anthemoides
Binomial name
Ursinia anthemoides
(L.) Poir.
Synonyms
  • Arctotis anthemoides L. (1759)
  • Leptotis anthemoides (L.) Hoffmanns. (1824)
  • Sphenogyne anthemoides (L.) R.Br. (1813)

Ursinia anthemoides or solar fire is an annual, herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Ursinia, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has yellow or orange daisy-like inflorescences. Fruits have both pappus and hairs, making the seeds easily dispersed by wind.

There are two known subspecies:

  • Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides
  • Ursinia anthemoides subsp. versicolor (DC.) Prassler

It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1759 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

External images
image icon A patch of solar fire
image icon A closeup of solar fire

References

  1. ^ Ursinia anthemoides (L.) Poir. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ Ursinia anthemoides, Annie's Annuals and Perennials, 2012, access date 23-03-2012
  3. "Ursinia anthemoides". www.plantzafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  4. "Ursinia anthemoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. "Arctotis anthemoides Linnaeus". The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 25, 2012.

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Taxon identifiers
Ursinia anthemoides
Arctotis anthemoides


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