Agathosma capensis Druce

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

A shrublet varying considerably in height. Branchlets glabrous, puberulous, pubescent or pilose, sometimes with stalked glands. Leaves 1.5-7 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or suberect, ovate, oblong-ovate, oblong, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate-linear or linear, acute, subacute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded at the base, often incurved at the apex, ±concave above, convex and ±keeled beneath, sometimes dorsally compressed, glabrous, ciliate, pilose on the margin and keel, puberulous, pilose or hispid above and beneath or only beneath, sometimes with conspicuous or small, sometimes stalked, glands beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters, or the lower axillary. Peduncles mostly 3-6 mm long, puberulous, pubescent, pilose or, less often, glabrous, rarely with stalked glands, with bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1-2.5 mm long, ovate, deltoid-ovate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, subacute or obtuse, keeled on the upper half, sometimes membranous at the margin, glabrous or ±pubescent beneath, ±ciliate, rarely with stalked glands. Petals 3-5 mm long; blade rotund, obovate-rotund, elliptic, obovate or obovate-elliptic, obtuse, sometimes pubescent above the nerve; claw scarcely half as long to equal in length, linear or narrowly so, glabrous or ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.25-4.0 mm long, linear, linear lanceolate, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, attenuate, gland-tipped, cuneate or linear at the base, concave and ±pubescent above at the middle, ±ciliate. Ovary glabrous, or pilose at the apex, with 3 or sometimes 2 carpels having oblong or obovate pilose or glabrous processes. Style glabrous or pilose at the base.
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Shrublet, varying considerably in height. Leaves 1.5-7.0 mm long, alternate. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, or lower axillary; white, pink or purple; bracteoles 2. Petals 3-5 mm long, claw scarcely half as long to equal in length, linear. Staminodes 1.25-4.00 mm long linear, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, attenuate, gland-tipped, concave and ± pubescent above at middle, ± ciliate. Ovary glabrous, or pilose at apex, with (2)3 carpels having oblong or obovate pilose or glabrous processes. Flowering time all year.
Resprouting shrub, up to 0.9 m tall, sweetly spice-scented. Leaves alternate, ovate, with translucent gland dots. Flowers in lax terminal clusters, white, pink or purple. Fruit 3-chambered.
Resprouting shrub to 90 cm, sweetly spice-scented. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, white, pink or purple. 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) 0.9
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Environment

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

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Agathosma capensis leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Agathosma capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770879-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523370
COL ID 65R8D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hartogia tenuis Agathosma brevifolia Agathosma chortophila Agathosma cyminoides Agathosma decumbens Agathosma delicatula Agathosma lactea Agathosma muizenbergensis Agathosma neglecta Agathosma tenuissima Agathosma thunbergiana Agathosma variabilis Bucco erecta Diosma capensis Diosma fastigiata Diosma tenuissima Diosma thunbergiana Hartogia decumbens Hartogia erecta Hartogia hirtella Agathosma erecta Agathosma ericoides Agathosma gillivrayi Agathosma hirtella Agathosma juniperina Agathosma patula Agathosma patula Agathosma platypetala Agathosma tenuis Agathosma thunbergiana Agathosma wendlandiana Diosma erecta Diosma geminifolia Diosma brevifolia Diosma chortophila Diosma ciliata Diosma cyminoides Diosma decumbens Diosma lancifolia Diosma nigra Diosma patula Diosma platypetala Diosma thyoides Diosma uitenhagensis Hartogia capensis Hartogia chortophylla Hartogia ericoides Hartogia fastigiata Hartogia gillivrayi Hartogia juniperina Hartogia nigra Hartogia patula Hartogia platypetala Hartogia thunbergiana Agathosma patula Schrebera capensis Agathosma blaerioides Agathosma fastigiata Agathosma geminifolia Agathosma gustrowensis Agathosma nigra Agathosma owanii Agathosma glabrata var. eckloniana Agathosma platypetala var. glabricalyx Agathosma erecta var. pauciflora Agathosma erecta var. rosea Agathosma capensis var. brevifolia Agathosma erecta var. brevifolia Agathosma erecta var. pilosa Agathosma muizenbergensis var. minor Agathosma variabilis var. pubescens Bucco brevifolia Agathosma capensis