Agathosma stenopetala Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Agathosma

Characteristics

Branchlets puberulous or pubescent. Leaves usually 0.8-1.3 cm long, alternate, crowded, erect-spreading, linear or lanceolate-linear, obtuse, rounded at the base, slightly convex, flat or slightly concave above, with a slightly raised nerve and scattered glands beneath, glabrous, or sometimes pilose at the margin and beneath on the nerve. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 3-5 mm long, pubescent, with minute bracteoles at or shortly below the middle. Sepals 2-3 mm long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse or almost so, concave above, glabrous or ciliate, obtusely keeled. Petals 4.5-5.5 mm long; blade oblanceolate-linear, obtuse; claw as long or slightly longer, very slender, pilose throughout or only on the lower half. Stamens with filaments pilose on the lower half. Staminodes 4-5.5 mm long, with a linear blade and slightly longer pilose claw. Ovary glabrous, with 2 carpels bearing oblong obtuse processes. Style glabrous.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves usually 8-13 mm long, alternate, crowded, erect-spreading, linear or lanceolate-linear, with a slightly raised nerve and scattered glands beneath, glabrous, or sometimes pilose at margins and beneath on nerve. Flowers in terminal clusters, white; bracteoles 2, minute. Sepals 2-3 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Petals 4.5-5.5 mm long; claw as long or slightly longer than blade, very slender, pilose throughout or only on lower half. Staminodes 4.0-5.5 mm long, with a linear blade and slightly longer pilose claw. Ovary glabrous, 2-carpellate, with oblong, obtuse processes; style glabrous. Flowering time June-Nov.
Single-stemmed, smooth rounded shrub to 1.5 m, lemon-scented. Flowers in terminal clusters, white. Fruits 2-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Soil texture 3-4
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Distribution

Agathosma stenopetala world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771097-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523630
COL ID 65R8G
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Diosma stenopetala Hartogia stenopetala Agathosma stenopetala Diosma filipetala Agathosma filipetala