Dwarf Marigold /
False Threadleaf
Schkuhria pinnata
Observed in a garden area at Eldoret, Kenya. December 2012.
This weedy composite was observed in several garden/small farm settings in and
around Eldoret. Herbaceous plants less than 1 meter tall. The flower heads
are small and widely dispersed on many-branched inflorescence. The leaves are
finely divided in a pinnate arangement. Heads have no ray flowers.
- Disc Flowers: The disc flowers, numbering up to 10, are slender.
- Ray Flowers: No ray flowers or sometimes just one or two.
- The flower heads are small, about 4mm diameter, and each has 12 to 20 florets.
- Phyllaries: One series of resinous bracts closely envelope the florets.
- Pappus: The seeds are topped by some short, papery scales.
- Leaves: The leaves are linear or divided into fine, linear segments.