Agathosma foleyana Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 3-5 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, elliptic, obovate-or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, rounded at the base, deeply concave above, pectinate-ciliate, rounded and with many glands scattered beneath, with a stout ciliate petiole. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 1.5 mm long, stout, puberulous, with spathulate ciliate bracteoles at the middle. Sepals 3.5 mm long, spathulate-oblong, very obtuse and incurved at the apex, submembranous, sparsely pubescent above, conspicuously ciliate, slightly convex beneath. Petals 6 mm long; blade obovate, very obtuse; claw almost as long, linear, minutely ciliate. Stamens with sparsely pubescent filaments. Staminodes about 4.5 mm long, long-adnate to the claws of the petals, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, gland-tipped, tapering and ciliate in the lower half. Ovary strigose on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing small hump-like processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrublet. Flowers in dense, terminal clusters, magenta. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma foleyana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770933-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523438
COL ID 65R7N
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Synonyms

Agathosma foleyana