Agathosma planifolia Sond.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets pubescent or puberulous. Leaves 3-7 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, ovate-or obovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, slightly convex, flat or slightly concave and glabrous or hispidulous above, with a thickened slightly revolute and eglandular margin, sometimes sparsely ciliate, glabrous or puberulous beneath, with a slightly raised nerve and small scattered glands. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3-4 mm long, puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals 1.5 mm long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, ciliate, often with a few setaceous hairs at the apex, slightly keeled beneath. Petals 3.5-4 mm long, obovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, sparsely puberulous above near the base, with a few glands beneath. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1 mm long, linear or lanceolate-linear, with a conical gland behind the apex, slightly involute at the margin, minutely ciliate on the lower half. Ovary minutely setose on the apex, with 2 carpels bearing rounded processes. Style glabrous.
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Resprouting, willowy shrub to 2 m, liquorice-or pine-scented. Flowers in terminal clusters, white, sometimes pink. Fruits 2-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-4
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Distribution

Agathosma planifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771045-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523570
COL ID 5TR8V
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Synonyms

Agathosma planifolia Hartogia planifolia Agathosma sessilipetala Agathosma keetii