Agathosma dentata Pillans

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Wiry shrublet about 30 cm high, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 2-2.5 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, slightly recurved, cordate or orbicular and cordate at the base, slightly concave above, convex at the margin, hispidulous above and beneath, with gland-tipped hairs on the margin, with scattered glands beneath and near the margin. Flowers several to many together in terminal clusters. Peduncles 0.5 mm long, puberulous, with oblong obtuse and pubescent bracteoles at the base. Sepals 1.5 mm long, obovate, very obtuse, usually glabrous above, slightly concave beneath, pubescent, with a gland behind the apex. Petals 4-4.5 mm long, glabrous; blade obovate, very obtuse, tapering to a linear claw a third as long. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 3-3.5 mm long, linear, tapering to the base and to the recurved apex, very sparsely pilose about the middle. Disk well developed, distinctly toothed. Ovary consisting of one obovate carpel with clavate hairs on the upper half, without processes. Style very sparsely pilose on the lower half.
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Twiggy, rounded shrublet to 30 cm. Flowers in small, terminal clusters, pink or white. Fruits 1-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Agathosma dentata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770909-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523410
COL ID 6637D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma dentata