Agathosma linifolia (licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Licht. ex Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets sparsely pubescent on strips alternating with the leaf-bases. Leaves 1-2 cm long, alternate, erect-spreading, linear or linear lanceolate, acute, rounded or shortly cuneate at the base, flat or slightly convex above, often slightly recurved and sparsely pilose at the margin, with a prominent nerve and impressed scattered glands beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles, 3-4 mm long, glabrous, with bracteoles at the middle or on the lower half. Sepals 1.75 mm long, lanceolate, subacute, keeled, glabrous. Petals 4 mm long; blade obovate or oblong-elliptic, obtuse; claw 2/3 as long, narrowly linear, very sparsely ciliate. Stamens with sparsely ciliate filaments. Staminodes 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate-or obovate-oblong in the upper half, obtuse, gland-tipped, linear and ciliate in the lower half. Ovary with 2 carpels bearing linear-oblong acute processes pilose on the apex. Style glabrous.
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Shrub to 50 cm. Flowers in terminal clusters, white. Fruits 2-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

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Soil texture 3-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Agathosma linifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771751-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523506
COL ID 5TR82
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma linifolia Bucco linifolia Diosma linifolia Hartogia linifolia