Agathosma peglerae Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets glabrous or hispidulous. Leaves 0.6-1.4 cm long, alternate, crowded, ascending or erect-spreading, linear, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, concave above, rounded or obtusely keeled and with scattered glands beneath, sometimes slightly swollen behind the apex, glabrous, or rarely pilose beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 4-6 mm long, glabrous, with lanceolate bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 2.25-2.5 mm long, lanceolate, obtuse, ciliate, with a keel extending down to the peduncle. Petals 5-6.5 mm long; blade ovate, elliptic, elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, tapering at the base, concave at the apex, sparsely pilose above; claw half to almost as long, narrowly linear, pilose. Stamens pilose on the lower half of the filaments. Staminodes 5-6 mm long, narrowly linear, tipped with a gland, filiform towards the base, pilose except towards the apex. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub. Leaves 6-14 mm long, alternate, crowded, linear, obtuse or subacute. Flowers in terminal clusters; bracteoles 2. Sepals 2.25-2.50 mm long, lanceolate. Petals 5.0-6.5 mm long; claw 1/2 to almost as long, narrowly linear, pilose. Staminodes 5-6 mm long, narrowly linear, tipped with a gland, filiform towards base, pilose except towards apex. Ovary glabrous, 3-carpellate, with rotund processes; style glabrous. Flowering time Sept.-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Agathosma peglerae world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771036-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523560
COL ID 662X6
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Synonyms

Agathosma mixta Agathosma peglerae Agathosma bunburyana Agathosma mixta var. albaniensis