Agathosma mucronulata Sond.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 3.5-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, often slightly recurved above the middle, rotund or orbicular, shortly cuneate or rounded at the base, with a ± recurved mucro, slightly concave above, usually somewhat thickened at the margin, slightly convex and with large scattered glands beneath usually extending to the margin, entirely glabrous or minutely puberulous. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3-4 mm long, pubescent or puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals 2-3 mm long, widely oblong or widely obovate, narrowing to an apiculus, widely membranous at the margin, rounded and glabrous or pubescent beneath. Petals 4-4.5 mm long, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base, puberulous above near the base. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.5-2.5 mm long, linear, emarginate, concave above, pubescent on the margin. Ovary with 3 carpels bearing rotund hispid or glabrous processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves 3.5-6.0 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, often slightly recurved above middle, rotund or orbicular, with a recurved mucro, slightly concave above, with large scattered glands beneath. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, white with purple dots; bracteoles absent. Sepals 2-3 mm long, widely oblong or widely obovate, narrowing to an apiculus, widely membranous at margins, rounded and glabrous beneath. Petals 4.0-4.5 mm long, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at base, puberulous above near base. Staminodes 1.5-2.5 mm long, linear, emarginate, margins pubescent. Ovary 3-carpellate, with rotund hispid or glabrous processes; style glabrous. Flowering time Sept., Oct.
Rounded, densely leafy shrub to 1 m, coppicing from a woody caudex, turpentine-scented. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, white with purple dots. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Distribution

Agathosma mucronulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771009-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523528
COL ID 65QX8
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Synonyms

Agathosma mucronulata Hartogia mucronulata Agathosma mucronulata var. rudolphii