Odorus Ragwort
Kleinia odora
Observed at Olorgasailie off Magadi Road, Kenya. December 2014.
The numerous stems are green and succulent, without leaves, and about the diameter of a thick pencil. A few small leaves at growing tips are quickly shed. Flower heads are borne in umbellate clusters. The florets are all disc florets and are yellow-cream in color. The resulting seeds are topped with numerous long pale tan awns.
- Disc Flowers: The numerous disc flowers are tall and slender with yellow tubes.
- Ray Flowers: No ray flowers.
- Phyllaries: One series of bracts closely envelopes the florets and developing seeds. Several shorter, aristate bracts.
- Pappus: The seeds are topped by very long silky plumes.
- Leaves: The leaves are mostly absent. The bare stems are green and have striations.
