Agathosma krakadouwensis Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets villous. Leaves 6-9 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or suberect, lanceolate-linear, obtuse, rounded at the base, concave and pubescent above, with closely involute margins, rounded and at first pubescent beneath, tuberculate-scabrid and with many raised glands beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 1-1.5 mm long, pubescent, with acicular pubescent bracteoles near the apex. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, slightly concave and usually sparsely pubescent above, ciliate, rounded and ± pubescent beneath. Petals 4.5-5 mm long; blade oblanceolate, often refuse, with a gland behind the apex; claw 2-2.5 times as long, very slender, sparsely pilose. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 3.5-4 mm long, narrowly spathulate in the upper half, subfiliform and sparsely pilose below. Ovary densely villous, usually with 3, sometimes 2 or 4, carpels bearing oblong or clavate processes. Style mostly pilose.
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Single-stemmed shrub to 70 cm. Flowers in dense, woolly heads, white. Fruits (2)3(4)-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma krakadouwensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770978-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523491
COL ID 65R84
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Synonyms

Agathosma krakadouwensis