Agathosma clavisepala R.A.Dyer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous or with reflexed pubescence. Leaves 3.5-5 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, spreading or slightly reflexed, oblong, ovate-oblong, elliptic, ovate-elliptic or sometimes ovate, obtuse or subacute, rounded at the base, glabrous, convex or almost flat above, slightly recurved and with conspicuous glands at the margin, usually with a raised nerve beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3 mm long, glabrous or with reflexed pubescence, subtended by ovate-lanceolate bracteoles. Calyx glabrous or puberulous; sepals 1.5 mm long, ovate-oblong, very obtuse and swollen behind the apex, or deltoid-ovate in the lower half and clavate in the upper half, slightly keeled beneath, ciliate. Petals 3-4 mm long, elliptic-or ovate-oblong, very obtuse, cuneate at the base, puberulous above on the lower half, ciliolate from the middle downwards. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.5 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, concave above, puberulous beneath, subquadrate and glabrous at the base, tipped with an acute gland. Ovary glabrous, with 2 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 0.7 m high. Leaves 3.5-5.0 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or slightly reflexed, oblong, ovate-oblong, elliptic, ovate-elliptic or sometimes ovate, glabrous, convex, or almost flat above, slightly recurved and with conspicuous glands at margins. Flowers in terminal clusters; bracteoles 2. Calyx glabrous or puberulous; sepals 1.5 mm long, ciliate. Petals 3-4 mm long, elliptic-or ovate-oblong. Staminodes mm long, oblong-lanceolate, concave above, puberulous beneath, subquadrate and glabrous at base, tipped with an acute gland. Ovary glabrous, with 2 carpels with rotund processes; style glabrous. Flowering time all year.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Distribution

Agathosma clavisepala world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770889-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523382
COL ID 5TQVF
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Synonyms

Agathosma clavisepala