Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–1000 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bolívar, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Nariño, San Andrés y Providencia, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Herb.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, artificial - terrestrial.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1000 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba

Conservation

No Evaluada

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit

Erect herb up to 50 cm tall or more, the stems puberulous; leaves rhombic-ovate or obovate, mostly 1.5–4 cm long, obtuse at the apex, long-cuneate at the base, the margins sinuate-toothed or subentire

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Heads ca. 15-flowered; involucral bracts pubescent, linear- oblanceolate with sharply acuminate tips

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes short-bristly, 1.5 mm long; pappus white, the inner bristles ca. 3 mm long.

Distribution

Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac. A pantropical weed of pastures.

Ecology

Roadsides and open waste places.

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

moradita, tisaca

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit

Annual or perennial herb 15-150 cm tall; stems erect, simple or branched, longitudinally ribbed, pubescent to scabridulous with short T-shaped hairs and longer flagelliform hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves dark green, ovate, lanceolate to spatulate with an elliptic, obovate or ovate blade, 1-12 cm long, 0.3-5 cm wide, base cuneate or attenuate to rounded or subtruncate and decurrent on to a narrow petioloid base, margins sinuate-serrate or less often subentire, apex obtuse to attenuate, ± thinly scattered-pubescent or scabridulous above, finely rather sparsely pubescent and glandular with sunken glands beneath.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum

Capitula numerous in lax terminal compound corymbiform cymes 2-20 cm in diameter; involucre cylindrical or ovoid-cylindrical, 3-6 mm long, 2.2-2.5(-3.5) mm in diameter at flowering time; phyllaries 3-4-seriate, appressed but becoming reflexed at fruiting, green, often with purplish tips, lanceolate, 1.5-5 mm long, acute or attenuate, finely ascending-pubescent and slightly glandular.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Corolla mauve, purple or lilac, 3.3-7.5 mm long, lobes 1-3 mm long, finely pubescent below apex with slender ascending hairs, also with capitate glands.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes terete or subterete or obscurely 5-ribbed, 1-2.8 mm long, ascending-pubescent; outer pappus of narrow lanceolate scales, 0.2-0.6 mm long, inner pappus white, 3.5-5 mm long.

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit

An erect branched herb 1-3 ft. or rarely more high with shortly pubescent striate stems

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets

Mauve or reddish-purple florets in numerous heads about 1/4 in. broad

Ecology

A common weed of farms, roadsides and waste places.

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution

Widespread in the Old World tropics.

Morphology General Habit

Annual or perennial herb 15–150 cm tall; stems erect, pubescent to scabridulous with short T-shaped hairs and longer flagelliform hairs

Morphology Leaves

Leaves dark green, ovate to spatulate, 1–12´0.3–5 cm, margins sinuate-serrate or less often subentire, apex obtuse to attenuate, thinly pubescent or scabridulous above, sparsely pubescent and glandular with sunken glands beneath

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum

Capitula in terminal lax corymbiform cymes; involucre 3–6 mm long; phyllaries 3–4-seriate, appressed but becoming reflexed at fruiting, green, often with purplish tips, lanceolate, pubescent and slightly glandular

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla mauve, purple or lilac, 3.3–5 mm long, lobes 1–3 mm long, pubescent below apex with ascending hairs, also with capitate glands

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Achenes terete or obscurely 5-ribbed, 1.3–1.7 mm long, pubescent; outer pappus of narrow scales, 0.2–0.6 mm long, inner pappus white, 3.3–4.5 mm long.

Use Animal Food

Used as animal food.

Use Food

Used for food.

Use Materials

Used as material.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.