Agathosma crassifolia Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaves 2-8 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, linear, oblong or elliptic-oblong, very obtuse, rounded at the base, rather fleshy, glabrous, narrowly or rarely widely concave above, sometimes with small stalked glands on the margin, rounded and with many scattered impressed glands beneath, with a stout petiole long-decurrent below the articulation. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3 mm long, glabrous, with bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1.25-1.5 mm long, ovate, obtuse, glabrous, submembranous and often toothed at the margin, rounded-convex beneath. Petals 4-6 mm long; blade elliptic-oblong; claw as long or almost so, slender, ciliate near the base. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 3-4.5 mm long, linear, tapering to a truncate apex and to the base, pilose at or shortly below the middle. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing oblong processes. Style glabrous.
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Resprouting, stiff, much-branched shrublet to 1 m, scarcely aromatic. Leaves stubby. Flowers in terminal clusters, white or pale pink. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
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Distribution

Agathosma crassifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770899-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523396
COL ID 65R7G
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Synonyms

Hartogia crassifolia Agathosma crassifolia Agathosma glabrata