Agathosma microcalyx Dümmer

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 3-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or spreading, slightly recurved, linear, usually slightly widened in the upper half, obtuse, rounded at the base, slightly concave above, ± gland-crenate, obtusely keeled and bisulcate beneath, entirely hispidulous. Flowers in terminal clusters, or the lower often axillary. Peduncles 4-5 mm long, hispidulous, with bracteoles at or shortly below the middle. Sepals 0.75 mm long, deltoid-ovate, subacute or obtuse, rounded and hispidulous beneath. Petals 3.5-3.75 mm long, glabrous; blade rotund-ovate, very obtuse; claw 1.5-1.75 times as long, very slender. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.75 mm long, lanceolate, gland-tipped, cuneate at the base, pubescent above. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing subquadrate retuse processes. Style glabrous.
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Single-stemmed, rounded shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves pilose. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, white. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma microcalyx world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770999-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523515
COL ID 65R82
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Synonyms

Agathosma microcalyx