Agathosma pilifera Schltdl.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets pubescent or puberulous. Leaves usually 4-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, ovate, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, ovate-oblong or sometimes oblong-lanceolate, subacute, with a slender incurved mucro, rounded or subcordate at the base, slightly convex or flat above, gland-crenate and slightly revolute at the margin, glabrous or at first minutely puberulous, sometimes with 1-4 scattered glands and a slightly raised nerve beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3 mm long, puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long, oblong, or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, acute or mucronate, or considerably widened and subfoliaceous or subtrilobed in the upper half, sometimes ciliolate on the lower half, with conspicuous glands beneath, often puberulous on the lower half. Petals 2.5 mm long, elliptic, obtuse, cuneate at the base, puberulous beneath on the lower half. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 0.75-1 mm long, linear, semi-cylindric, tipped with a conical gland, pubescent above on the upper half. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub, single-stemmed, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves usually 4-6 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, with a slender, incurved mucro, gland-crenate and slightly revolute at margins, sometimes with 1-4 scattered glands and a slightly raised nerve beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters, white with dark dots; bracteoles absent. Sepals 1.5-2.0 mm long, with conspicuous glands beneath. Petals 2.5 mm long, elliptic, cuneate at base, puberulous beneath on lower half. Staminodes 0.75-1.00 mm long, linear, semi-cylindric, tipped with a conical gland, pubescent above on upper half. Ovary glabrous, with 1-3 carpels with rotund processes; style glabrous. Flowering time Sept., Oct.
Single-stemmed shrub to 60 cm, herb-scented. Flowers in terminal clusters, white with dark spots. Fruits (1)2(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) 0.6
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Agathosma pilifera world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771043-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523568
COL ID 5TQX7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Agathosma pilifera Diosma pilifera Hartogia pilifera