Agathosma dielsiana Schltr. ex Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous, pubescent or pilose. Leaves 3-5 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-or ovate-oblong, ovate-or oblong-lanceolate, or ovate, obtuse or subacute, rounded at the base, ± convex above, slightly revolute and sometimes sparsely pilose at the margin, gibbous behind the apex, sometimes pilose beneath, with a scarcely raised nerve and inconspicuous glands. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles about 3 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with bracteoles at or near the middle. Sepals 1.25-1.5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, ciliate, glabrous, or pubescent beneath, sometimes pilose at the apex, with a keel decurrent on the tube of the calyx. Petals 3-4 mm long; blade narrowly obovate, ciliate on the lower half; claw about a quarter as long, linear, glabrous. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 2.5-3 mm long, lanceolate, attenuate, gland-tipped, with a narrow tapering basal part, pubescent at the middle. Ovary tubercled on the upper half, sometimes pilose at the middle, with 3 carpels bearing elliptic-oblong processes. Style glabrous.
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Dense shrublet to 80 cm. Flowers in terminal clusters, white or mauve. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma dielsiana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770912-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523413
COL ID 65QVJ
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Synonyms

Agathosma dielsiana