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Pteronia oppositifolia
Pteronia oppositifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the western Little Karoo and Overberg regions in the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
From the article Pteronia oppositifolia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A shrub of roughly 30 cm. It has small (5x3mm) leaves that are light grey and woolly underneath. The flowerheads appear in Spring. They are yellow, 10mm wide, with sticky, yellow-green bracts.
Range & habitat
The distribution of this species is confined to the western Little Karoo as far north as Touws River and Anysberg, as well as the Overberg region, as far east as Mossel Bay. Its natural habitat is dry, stony, clay-rich soils.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 524364.