Agathosma lancifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 0.5-1.3 cm long, alternate, ascending, lanceolate, subulate-acute or almost so, widely cuneate at the base, concave, scabridous and usually minutely puberulous above, pilose-ciliate, distinctly keeled beneath, often pubescent or pilose on the keel, scabridous and usually minutely puberulous, with impressed scattered glands. Flowers in terminal clusters, or the lower axillary. Peduncles 2.5 mm long, glabrous, with long slender ciliate bracteoles near the base. Sepals 3-3.5 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, concave above, ciliate, rounded beneath, obtusely keeled on the upper half. Petals 6-7 mm long, glabrous; blade narrowly obovate, obovate or rotund-obovate; claw 2.5-3 times as long, filiform. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 4-5 mm long, narrowly linear, often subspathulate at the apex, villous on the lower half, with a large gland behind the apex. Disk with acuminate lobes 1-1.5 mm long. Ovary pilose on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing ovate pilose processes. Style sparsely hispid or glabrous.
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Harsh shrublet to 15 cm. Flowers in dense heads, ?pink. Fruits ?3-chambered.
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Distribution

Agathosma lancifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770983-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523497
COL ID 66384
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Synonyms

Hartogia lancifolia Agathosma pusilla Agathosma lancifolia