Oldenburgia grandis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Oldenburgia
- Species
- Oldenburgia grandis
- Scientific Name
- Oldenburgia grandis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oldenburgia grandis
Oldenburgia grandis, commonly known as Suurberg cushion bush or Suurberg-kussingbos, is a shrub or small, gnarled tree in the family Asteraceae.
It occurs in the mountains around Makhanda in South Africa. It grows to a height of about 5 m on sandstone outcrops. It has thick corky bark and large leaves clustered at the ends of branches. The leaves are dark green and leathery, reminiscent of loquat leaves, but generally a good deal larger. The emergent leaves are densely and completely felted with white hair. Most of the felt is lost as the leaf matures, but some persists on under-surfaces.It has woolly young leaves for the cold. Flowers are white or purplish and borne in large heads some 5- to 12 cm in diameter. The flowerheads are terminal; The same plant may bear solitary heads, plus heads borne in loose, irregular panicles.
O. grandis is threatened by habitat loss.
...Oldenburgia grandis in languages:
- Afrikaans
- bastersuikerbos
- Afrikaans
- donkie-ore
- Afrikaans
- grootdikblaar
- Afrikaans
- Lepelboom
- Afrikaans
- suurbergkussingbos
- Afrikaans
- wagenboom
- English
- Grand Cushionbush
- English
- Donkey's Ears
- English
- Rabbits Ears
- English
- Rabbits' Ears
- English
- Suurberg Cushionbush
- Russian
- Ольденбургия большая
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