Agathosma gonaquensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets shortly pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 6-9 mm long, alternate, crowded, ascending, linear, obtuse, rounded at the base, concave above, rounded or obtusely keeled and with minute glands beneath, distinctly gibbous behind the apex, glabrous, or sometimes at first pilose beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3-4 mm long, sparsely pilose on the lower half, with linear ciliate bracteoles at or below the middle. Sepals 2-2.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, pilose-ciliate, with a keel extending down to the apex of the peduncle. Petals 5-6 mm long; blade obovate, obtuse, concave above in the upper half, often with a few long hairs on the lower half; claw twice or almost twice as long, filiform, pilose except at the base. Stamens pilose on the middle part of the filaments. Staminodes 5-6 mm long, narrowly linear in the upper half, filiform in the lower half, tipped with a rotund gland, pilose on the middle part. Ovary pilose on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing rotund glabrous processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub. Leaves 6-9 mm long, alternate, crowded, ascending, linear, obtuse, rounded at base, concave above, with minute glands beneath, distinctly gibbous behind apex. Flowers in dense, terminal clusters, white; bracteoles 2. Sepals 2.0-2.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Petals 5-6 mm long; blade obovate, obtuse, concave above in upper half, often with a few long hairs; claw twice or almost twice as long, filiform, pilose except at base. Staminodes 5-6 mm long, narrowly linear in upper half, filiform in lower half, tipped with a rotund gland, pilose on middle part. Ovary pilose on apex, with 3 carpels with rotund glabrous processes; style glabrous. Flowering time all year.
Single-stemmed, leafy shrub to over 1 m, herb-scented. Flowers in dense heads, white. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Images

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Distribution

Agathosma gonaquensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770951-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523460
COL ID 5TQVR
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Synonyms

Hartogia gonaquensis Agathosma gonaquensis Diosma gonaquensis