Agathosma affinis Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 4-7 mm long, alternate, ascending, subimbricate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rounded or sub-cuneate at the base, slightly incurved in the upper half, concave and ± tuberculate-scabrid above, pilose-ciliate on the upper half, rounded and slightly keeled, tuberculate-scabrid and puberulous beneath. Flowers terminal and in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Peduncles 1 mm long, puberulous, with bracteoles at the middle. Sepals 1.75-2 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, densely ciliate, tuberculate-scabrid and with short glandular hairs beneath, with a prominent keel decurrent on the calyx-tube. Petals 5 mm long; blade narrowly obovate; claw almost as long, slender, ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 4 mm long, linear-oblong and villous at the middle, tapering to a slender apex bearing a large gland, slender and ciliate below the middle. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Shrub or dwarf shrub, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves 4-7 mm long, alternate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, gland-dotted beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters, pale pink or white; bracteoles 2. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, 5 mm long, blade narrowly obovate; claw almost as long, slender, ciliate. Staminodes 4 mm long, opposite to petals, linear-oblong and villous at middle, tapering to a slender apex with a large gland, slender and ciliate below middle. Disc cupular. Ovary superior, of 3 almost free carpels, with rotund processes; style glabrous. Flowering time May-Oct. Fruit capsular, 3-carpellate.
Single-stemmed, stiff shrub to 60 cm, scarcely aromatic. Flowers in terminal clusters, pale pink or white. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Agathosma affinis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770843-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523329
COL ID 65R7Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma affinis Hartogia affinis