Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Rolandra > Rolandra fruticosa

Rolandra fruticosa (yerba de plata)

Synonyms: Echinops fruticosa (homotypic); Echinops nodiflorus; Rolandra argentea; Rolandra diacantha; Rolandra monacantha

Wikipedia Abstract

Rolandra is a genus of flowering plants in the Vernonieae within the daisy family. Species The only known species is Rolandra fruticosa, native to Central and South America plus the West Indies. It is also reportedly naturalized in Japan and Java. formerly included see Ichthyothere Trichospira \n* Rolandra reptans Willd. ex Less. - Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake \n* Rolandra septans Willd. ex Less. - Trichospira verticillata (L.) S.F.Blake \n* Rolandra terminalis Spreng. - Ichthyothere terminalis (Spreng.) S.F.Blake
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Isla del Coco National Park II 382187 Costa Rica    

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0