Agathosma squamosa Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.

Species

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Characteristics

Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 1.5-2 mm long, alternate, ascending, subimbricate, obovate or rotund, obtuse, rounded at the base, deeply concave and smooth above, pilose-ciliate, rounded and with raised glands beneath, with a petiole ciliate on the decurrent base. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles about 1 mm long, glabrous, with bracteoles on the upper half. Sepals 1.5 mm long, obovate, obtuse, rounded and with a few glands beneath, ciliate. Petals 5 mm long, glabrous; blade elliptic, obtuse; claw almost twice as long, linear. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 2.5 mm long, fusiform, concave above, pubescent beneath at the margin, with an apical gland. Ovary tubercled, with 3 carpels bearing oblong obtuse processes pilose at the apex. Style glabrous. Fruit coarsely tubercled.
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Dense, single-stemmed, tussocky shrublet to 60 cm, faintly pine-scented. Leaves scale-like. Flowers in small, dense heads, white or pink. Fruits 3-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Agathosma squamosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771095-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523628
COL ID 5TR8G
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Synonyms

Agathosma squamosa Hartogia squamosa Diosma squamosa