Agathosma muirii E.Phillips

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 3-6 mm long, alternate, spreading or slightly reflexed, oblong-lanceolate, ovate, rotund or orbicular, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, slightly convex, flat or slightly concave above, often thickened and sometimes minutely tubercled and pilose-ciliate at the margin, elsewhere glabrous, with a slightly raised nerve and many scattered glands beneath, slightly gibbous behind the apex. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3-4 mm long, papillate, with bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1-1.25 mm long, oblong, obtuse, concave above, ciliate, with many glands beneath, with a keel extending down to the apex of the peduncle. Petals 3.5-4.5 mm long; blade elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate, very obtuse, sometimes pilose above on the nerve; claw one third as long, narrowly linear, ciliate. Stamens with filaments ± ciliate on the lower half. Staminodes 2.5-3 mm long, linear, attenuate at both ends, tipped with a gland, ciliate, pubescent above on the middle. Ovary glabrous, glandular on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Single-stemmed, sturdy shrub to 1 m. Flowers in terminal clusters, white. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma muirii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771010-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523529
COL ID 65R8W
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Synonyms

Agathosma muirii