Felicia filifolia
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fc76c515e7861105055 |
| Scientific name | Felicia filifolia |
| Authority | Burtt Davy |
| First published in | Ann. Transvaal Mus. iii. 122 (1912) |
Description Top
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In Namibia, subsp. schaeferi is considered to be of least concern, but subsp. filifolia is considered to be vulnerable. In the Red List of South African plants, the species is considered to be of least concern.
Felicia filifolia is a Southern African member of the family Asteraceae. It is a hardy, sprawling shrub that grows up to 1 meter tall. Its leaves are narrow and clustered along the twigs, giving it the name "fine-leaved felicia." When in bloom, it is covered in dense clusters of pink-mauve to white ray florets and yellow disc florets. It can be found blooming in the wild from August to December. This species is commonly found in mountainous areas, growing amongst rocks. However, it is suspected of causing haemorrhaging when ingested by sheep. In English, it is also known as "needle-leaved felicia" or "wild aster," while in Afrikaans it is called "draaibos" and in Sesotho it is known as "sehalahala-seseholo." There are four recognized subspecies of Felicia filifolia, each with distinct characteristics and distributions. The species is not
Felicia filifolia is a Southern African member of the family Asteraceae. It is a hardy, sprawling shrub that grows up to 1 meter tall. Its leaves are narrow and clustered along the twigs, giving it the name "fine-leaved felicia." When in bloom, it is covered in dense clusters of pink-mauve to white ray florets and yellow disc florets. It can be found blooming in the wild from August to December. This species is commonly found in mountainous areas, growing amongst rocks. However, it is suspected of causing haemorrhaging when ingested by sheep. In English, it is also known as "needle-leaved felicia" or "wild aster," while in Afrikaans it is called "draaibos" and in Sesotho it is known as "sehalahala-seseholo." There are four recognized subspecies of Felicia filifolia, each with distinct characteristics and distributions. The species is not
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Diplopappus filifolius var. teretifolius | (Less.) DC. |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| Spanish | diplopappus filifolius |
| Spanish | diplostephium teretifolium |
| Spanish | aster bodkinii |
| Spanish | aster schaeferi |
| Spanish | diplostephium filifolium |
| Spanish | aster chrysanthemifolius |
| Spanish | aster filifolius |
| Spanish | aster schlechteri |
| Spanish | diplopappus elongatus |
| Spanish | diplopappus filifolius var. elongatus |
| Spanish | diplopappus teretifolius |
| Spanish | fresenia fasciculata |
| Spanish | fresenia leptophylla |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Felicia filifolia subsp. bodkinii | (Compton) Grau | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 294 (1973) |
| Felicia filifolia subsp. filifolia | (Vent.) Burtt Davy | |
| Felicia filifolia subsp. schaeferi | (Dinter) Grau | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 292 (1973) |
| Felicia filifolia subsp. schlechteri | (Compton) Grau | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 298 (1973) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
- Free State
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- Northern Provinces
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Southern Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000014318 |
| Tropicos | 2718499 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207705-1 |
| The Plant List | gcc-113848 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 421826 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 152206 |
| IPNI | 207705-1 |
| iNaturalist | 528743 |
| GBIF | 5401203 |
| Freebase | /m/04n5fd4 |
| EPPO | FELFI |
| USDA GRIN | 104233 |
| Wikipedia | Felicia_filifolia |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations | Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF | J Ethnopharmacol | 27-Jul-2020 |
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| Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation of Eurasian Aster (Asteraceae: Astereae) inferred from ITS, ETS and trnL-F sequence data | Li WP, Yang FS, Jivkova T, Yin GS | Ann Bot | 19-Apr-2012 |
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| Neue acetylenverbindungen aus Felicia filifolia | Ferdinand Bohlmann, Ulrich Fritz | Elsevier BV | 25-Jul-2002 |
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |