African sheepbush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Pentzia |
Species: | P. incana
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Binomial name | |
Pentzia incana |
The African sheepbush (Afrikaans: goeiekaroo, "good karoo", [1] Pentzia incana) is a plant native to South Africa and Namibia. It ranges throughout the Succulent Karoo, Nama Karoo, renosterveld, and fynbos, and it is listed under the SANBI Red List as "safe" (LC). [2]
The African sheepbush has been imported to Australia.
The grey, downy shrub grows to around 60 cm (24 in) in height, with fibrous stem branches that rise, bundled 3-9 mm leaves of egg or wedge shape split one or two ways, and yellow flowers resembling chamomile. [3]
It is a reasonable grazing plant:
Header text | EIW | SWIW | LnregWIW |
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Grazing Response Index [4] | 4 | 5.7 | 2.88 |