Agathosma marlothii Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 0.5-1.4 cm long, alternate, erect-spreading, elliptic, narrowly obovate, ovate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcuneate at the base, slightly concave, flat or slightly convex above, scabridous and glabrous or puberulous above and beneath, thickened, gland-crenate and slightly recurved at the margin, with the nerve ± prominent beneath, usually with 2 rows of slightly raised glands near the nerve. Flowers in axillary or terminal clusters. Peduncles 0.5-1 cm long, glabrous or minutely puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals 1.75-2.5 mm long, elliptic-or deltoid-oblong, deltoid-ovate or subrotund, very obtuse, concave above in the upper half, often membranous at the margin, glabrous or puberulous above and beneath, with large glands, reflexed during the flowering period. Petals 2.5-3.5 mm long, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, oblanceolate-elliptic or subrotund, obtuse, cuneate or with a short linear claw at the base, glabrous, or rarely puberulous beneath on the upper half. Stamens glabrous, or sparsely pubescent at the base. Staminodes 0.75-1.5 mm long, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, tipped with a gland, usually sparsely ciliate, sometimes sparsely pubescent above. Ovary gland-tubercled, with 5 carpels bearing oblong, often refuse and setose processes. Style glabrous, or sparsely setose on the lower half.
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Sprawling shrublet to 40 cm, lemon-scented. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters with reflexed sepals, mauve to intense purple. Fruits 5-chambered, enfolded by sepals.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma marlothii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770995-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523511
COL ID 65QVQ
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Synonyms

Agathosma marlothii Agathosma perplexa