Agathosma alticola Schltr. ex Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets sparsely pubescent. Leaves 3.5-5.5 mm long, alternate, subimbricate, obovate, obtuse, ± concave and glabrous above, with raised glands and minutely setaceo-pubescent or glabrous beneath. Flowers in dense terminal clusters subtended by scarious leaves. Peduncles 1 mm long, with bracteoles at the middle. Sepals 2.5 mm long, elliptic-or ovate-oblong, very obtuse, slightly concave and pubescent above, hyaline at the margin, with a slightly prominent hispid nerve beneath, gibbous and glandular behind the apex, ciliate. Petals 5 mm long; blade obovate; claw slightly longer, slender, pilose on the lower half. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes adnate for a third of the length to the lower half of the petals, with a linear-oblong blade and slender pilose claw. Disk well developed, crenulate. Ovary with stalked glands on the upper half, with 3 carpels bearing rotund glabrous or sparsely setose processes. Style for the most part pilose.
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Resprouting, rounded shrublet to 30 cm. Flowers in dense heads, white to mauve. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma alticola world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770847-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523335
COL ID 5TQVX
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Synonyms

Agathosma alticola