Agathosma pallens Pillans

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 3.5-6 mm long, alternate, ascending or erect, subimbricate, linear or lanceolate-linear, subacute or obtuse, rounded at the base, concave above, rounded and with scattered glands beneath, glabrous or sometimes with a few apical hairs, grey-green. Flowers in terminal clusters, or the lower axillary. Peduncles 2.5-4 mm long, glabrous, with very slender ciliate bracteoles about the middle. Sepals 0.75-1.5 mm long, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, concave and sparsely pubescent above, rounded beneath, often sparsely ciliate, with a ridge at the base extending to the peduncle. Petals 3-4.5 mm long; blade obovate, ovate or rotund, very obtuse, with a gland behind the apex; claw half to two thirds as long, linear, pubescent above. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 2.25 mm long, oblanceolate-linear, tipped with a large gland, ciliate, tapering to a slender glabrous base. Disk crenulate. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Single-stemmed, slender, lax shrublet to 40 cm. Flowers in terminal clusters, white. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Agathosma pallens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771028-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523551
COL ID 662X9
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Synonyms

Agathosma pallens