Agathosma foetidissima Hort ex Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets minutely puberulous or almost glabrous. Leaves 0.5-1.2 cm long, opposite, alternate or ternate, erect-spreading or spreading, linear or narrowly lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, convex and puberulous above, furrowed up the middle, with a closely revolute margin bearing many large glands. Flowers in terminal clusters and several together in the axils of the upper leaves. Peduncles 4-6 mm long, glabrous or puberulous, sometimes with small stalked glands, subtended by oblong-lanceolate bracteoles. Calyx glabrous or puberulous; sepals 1.5-2.5 mm long, reflexed, widely ovate, ovate-obovate-or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, submembranous in the lower half, with a large gland behind the apex. Petals 2.25-3.5 mm long, widely oblanceolate, elliptic-or obovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate at the base, with a gland behind the concave apex. Stamens with filaments sparsely pubescent at the middle. Staminodes 1-2 mm long, lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, slightly concave and pubescent above or ciliate, with a minute apical gland. Disk crenulate. Ovary glabrous, glandular on the apex, with 5 carpels bearing small rotund processes. Style glabrous or puberulous except near the apex. Fruit with large tubercles.
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Single-stemmed, much-branched shrublet to 1.2 m, strongly scented. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, white, carpels 5, processes absent.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

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Distribution

Agathosma foetidissima world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770932-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523437
COL ID 65QVN
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Synonyms

Agathosma burchellii Barosma foetidissima Agathosma foetidissima Diosma foetidissima Diosma sphaerocephala