Chrysocoma cernua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Chrysocoma |
Species: | C. cernua
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Binomial name | |
Chrysocoma cernua L.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Chrysocoma cernua is a species of flowering plant from the family Asteraceae. [1] It is known by many common names including: shrub goldilocks, [2] golden heads, golden bitter bush, [3] golden cowcud [4] or golden hair. [5]
Chrysocoma cernua is an erect leafy shrub, which grows up to 50 cm tall. [6] Plants are perennial and possess green linear leaves. [7] The leaves are hairless, slightly flattened and curved upward. [7] Flowers are positioned on the ends of stems and are yellow or golden in colour. Blooms are discoid and button-like in shape. [6]
Chrysocoma cernua is endemic to South Africa, where it can be found growing in the Cape Provinces [1] of the Northern Cape and Western Cape. [8]
The species has also been introduced into the United Kingdom, [1] where it has become naturalized and Australia, where it has become an invasive species. [9]
Chrysocoma cernua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Chrysocoma |
Species: | C. cernua
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Binomial name | |
Chrysocoma cernua L.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Chrysocoma cernua is a species of flowering plant from the family Asteraceae. [1] It is known by many common names including: shrub goldilocks, [2] golden heads, golden bitter bush, [3] golden cowcud [4] or golden hair. [5]
Chrysocoma cernua is an erect leafy shrub, which grows up to 50 cm tall. [6] Plants are perennial and possess green linear leaves. [7] The leaves are hairless, slightly flattened and curved upward. [7] Flowers are positioned on the ends of stems and are yellow or golden in colour. Blooms are discoid and button-like in shape. [6]
Chrysocoma cernua is endemic to South Africa, where it can be found growing in the Cape Provinces [1] of the Northern Cape and Western Cape. [8]
The species has also been introduced into the United Kingdom, [1] where it has become naturalized and Australia, where it has become an invasive species. [9]