Agathosma tulbaghensis Dümmer

Species

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Characteristics

A much branched shrub 0.75-1 m high, with branchlets sparsely pilose on strips alternating with the leaf-bases. Leaves 0.6-1 cm long, alternate, ascending or erect-spreading, slightly incurved, linear sometimes widening slightly in the lower or upper half, obtuse or subacute; tapering into a wide petiole, deeply concave above, involute at the margin, pilose-ciliate, rounded and with many prominent glands beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles about 5 mm long, glabrous, with ciliate bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 2 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, ciliate or glabrous, rounded and with conspicuous glands beneath. Petals 3 mm long; blade elliptic-oblong, obtuse; claw about half as long, narrowly linear, sparsely ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 3 mm long, petaloid; blade linear-oblong, emarginate, with a gland in the sinus; claw half as long, linear, ciliate. Ovary glabrous, with 2 or very rarely 3 carpels bearing subclavate processes. Style glabrous.
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Shrub to 40 cm. Flowers in terminal clusters, white or mauve. Fruits 2-or 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) 0.58 - 0.7
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Distribution

Agathosma tulbaghensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771123-1
WFO ID wfo-0000523658
COL ID 5TQWL
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Synonyms

Agathosma tulbaghensis