Agathosma blaerioides Cham.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets pubescent or puberulous. Leaves 3-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or spreading, incurved, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, subacute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, concave and puberulous or hispid above, ± revolute and usually with stalked glands at the margin, puberulous or glabrous and eglandular beneath, with large glands on the recurved margin. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 2-2.5 mm long, puberulous or shortly pubescent, subtended by bracteoles. Sepals 1.5-1.75 mm long, oblong, obovate or oblong-obovate, obtuse, slightly keeled and puberulous or shortly pubescent beneath, sometimes with stalked marginal glands. Petals 2.5-3.5 mm long, obovate or obovate-elliptic, very obtuse, long-cuneate towards the base, often sparsely pubescent above near the base, with several glands beneath. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.5-2 mm long, subulate or lanceolate-linear, slightly concave and pubescent above, tipped with an elliptic gland. Ovary puberulous on the apex, with 2 carpels bearing rotund processes. Fruit pubescent except on the processes.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 1.3 m high. Leaves 3-6 mm long, alternate, saddle-shaped, usually with stalked glands at margins, puberulous and eglandular beneath, with large glands on recurved margins. Flowers in terminal clusters, white or pink; bracteoles 2. Petals 3.5 mm long, obovate or obovate-elliptic, with several glands beneath. Staminodes 2.0 mm long, subulate or lanceolate-linear, slightly concave and pubescent above tipped with an elliptic gland. Ovary puberulous on apex, 2-carpellate with rotund processes. Fruit pubescent except on horns. Flowering time Apr.-Jan.
Single-stemmed shrub to 1 m. Leaves saddle-shaped, often with large stalked glands on margins. Flowers in small, axillary and terminal clusters, white, sometimes pink. Fruits 1-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.3
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Agathosma blaerioides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770870-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523359
COL ID 65R8C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma blaerioides Hartogia blaerioides