Dimorphotheca sinuata

de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 72. 1838.

IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 381.

Annuals, 5–30+ cm. Leaf-blades narrowly oblong or oblanceolate to linear, 10–50 (–100+) × 2–20 (–30+) mm, margins usually sinuately denticulate, sometimes serrate or entire, rarely pinnatifid. Peduncles (2–) 5–15+ cm. Phyllaries 6–12+ mm. Ray corolla laminae abaxially yellow to orange (often marked with purple), adaxially mostly yellow to orange (sometimes purplish at bases and/or apices), 15–20 (–30+) mm. Disc-florets 15–50+; corollas yellow to orange, usually purplish distally, 4–5 mm (lobe apices acute, terete, or dilated). Ray cypselae 4–5 mm; disc cypselae 6–8 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering (Dec–)Mar–May.
Habitat: Disturbed places
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Ariz., Calif., South Africa

Discussion

Plants treated here (and in horticultural trade) as Dimorphotheca sinuata are sometimes called “D. aurantiaca Hort., non de Candolle” and/or “D. calendulacea Harvey.” But for corolla colors, plants of D. sinuata are not easily distinguished from plants called D. pluvialis. They may prove to be better considered a color form of D. pluvialis.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Dimorphotheca sinuata"
rounded;truncate +
scarious +
ovate +  and deltate +
penicillate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
oblanceolate;linear +
tuberculate +
discernible +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
purplish +, yellow +  and orange +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
abaxially yellow +  and orange adaxially mostly yellow +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
tuberculate +
compressed +, ridged +, triquetrous-prismatic +  and clavate +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Calif. +  and South Africa +
0–1000 m +
stipitate-glandular +  and arachnose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Disturbed places +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
campanulate;hemispheric +
oblongelliptic +  and oblanceolate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;linear +
petiolate +  and sessile +
opposite +  and alternate +
deltate +
entire +  and serrate +
pinnatifid +  and denticulate +
2-carpellate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Flowering (Dec–)Mar–May. +
15 +  and 21 +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
arachnose +  and piloso-hirtellous and/or stipitate-glandular +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Dimorphotheca sinuata +
Dimorphotheca +
species +
campanulate +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
tree +  and shrub +