Agathosma ciliaris Druce

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets verruculose, pubescent or villous. Leaves 4-8 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or spreading, lanceolate, oblong-or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, rounded or subcordate at the base, slightly concave or furrowed and glabrous or pilose above, usually convex above near the slightly thickened and slightly revolute margin, with a prominent and often pilose nerve beneath terminating in a swelling behind the apex, often pilose-ciliate. Flowers in terminal clusters or the lower (in a cluster) in the axils of reduced leaves. Peduncles 3-7 mm long, glabrous, ± pubescent or with a mixture of hairs and stalked glands, with bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, obtuse or subacute, ± membranous at the margin, glabrous or ± ciliate, obtusely keeled on the upper half. Petals 4.5-5.5 mm long; blade obovate or oblong-obovate, very obtuse, subcucullate at the apex, sometimes sparsely pilose above at the base; claw 2/3 or as long, narrowly linear, ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 3.5-4.5 mm long, lanceolate, oblong-or linear-lanceolate, or oblong in the upper half, terminating in a round gland, tapering from the middle to the base, ± pubescent above at the middle, ciliate except near the base and apex. Ovary glabrous, puberulous at the apex or sometimes with stalked glands, with 3 carpels bearing oblong or obovate-oblong pilose or glabrous processes. Style glabrous.
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Dense, rounded shrublet to 45 cm, aniseed-scented. Flowers in terminal clusters, white or mauve. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Images

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Distribution

Agathosma ciliaris world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770886-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523379
COL ID 65R8B
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Synonyms

Agathosma ciliaris Gymnonychium pubescens Agathosma hybrida Agathosma pubescens Bucco obtusa Diosma rugosa Diosma ciliata Diosma hybrida Diosma mollis Diosma obtusa Diosma thymifolia Diosma tomentosa Hartogia ciliaris Hartogia pubescens Agathosma mollis Agathosma obtusa Agathosma obtusa Agathosma rugosa