Agathosma longicornu Pillans

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets pilose. Leaves 4-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, ovate-or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, rounded at the base, deeply concave above, slightly recurved and densely long-ciliate at the margin, with a prominent long-ciliate keel, with small scattered glands beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 0.1-3 mm long, glabrous or very sparsely pubescent, with slender ciliolate bracteoles on the lower or upper half. Sepals 1.75 mm long, linear-lanceolate, subacute, navicular, pilose-ciliate. Petals 4.5-5 mm long; blade obovate; claw 3 times as long, very slender, sparsely ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 3.5-4 mm long, with a linear-oblong blade and very slender pilose claw. Disk crenulate. Ovary glabrous, with 2 carpels bearing oblong obtuse processes. Style pilose except near the apex. Fruit laterally compressed, pubescent on the apex, with processes 3 mm long.
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Single-stemmed, harsh, twiggy shrublet to 25 cm, scarcely aromatic. Flowers in dense, terminal clusters, white. Fruits 2-chambered, long-horned.
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 longicornu world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770992-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523507
COL ID 5TQVQ
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Synonyms

Agathosma longicornu