Agathosma giftbergensis E.Phillips

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 4-7 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or spreading, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, subacute or acute, sometimes apiculate or tipped with a hair, rounded at the base, ± concave above, rounded and with scattered glands beneath, glabrous or puberulous, or sparsely ciliate at the base. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles about 5 mm long, glabrous or hispidulous, with bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 0.75-1 mm long, ovate or subrotund, obtuse or subacute, rounded beneath, glabrous or ciliate. Petals 3.5-4.5 mm long; blade elliptic, obovate, obovate-oblong or rotund, very obtuse, glabrous, or pubescent beneath on the nerve; claw from half to equal in length, linear, glabrous or sparsely ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.5-2 mm long, linear, lanceolate-linear or linear-lanceolate, gland-tipped, cuneate at the base, concave above, pubescent above and beneath. Ovary glabrous, or sparsely pubescent on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing oblong obtuse processes. Style glabrous.
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Resprouting, rounded, glabrous shrublet to 50 cm, herb-or spice-scented. Flowers in lax, 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 texture 5-6
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Distribution

Agathosma giftbergensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770941-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523447
COL ID 65R7L
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Synonyms

Agathosma giftbergensis Agathosma rotundipetala