Botany

Cnicothamnus

Cnicothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its species are small trees which can reach 5m in height, bearing alternate ovate and dentate leaves with a whitish pubescence. The inflorescences, borne at branch tips, are bell-shaped capitula of a bright orange colour, and usually appear during local winter. Their fruit (which can be described as a cypsela) bears a rough plume. Species Cnicothamnus azafran, native to Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay Cnicothamnus lorentzii, native to Argentina and Bolivia

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See also

• ▸Eriochilus
• ▸James Baines (clipper)
• ▸Agrostis gigantea

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