Agathosma zwartbergense Pillans

Species

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Characteristics

A moderately branched shrub usually about 20 cm high, with puberulous or pubescent branchlets. Leaves 2.5-3.5 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, ovate or rotund-ovate, obtuse, rounded or somewhat cordate at the base, concave and glabrous above, thickened at the margin, ecarinate, sparsely pubescent and with conspicuous glands beneath. Flowers 2-4 together in terminal clusters. Peduncles 1.5 mm long, stout, pubescent, without bracteoles, subtended by a lanceolate obtuse bract. Sepals 2 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly gibbous behind the apex, pubescent and somewhat keeled beneath, with a few glands beside the keel. Petals 4.5-5 mm long, obovate or elliptic-obovate, rounded at the apex, cuneate and sparsely pubescent at the base, puberulous behind the apex. Stamens with puberulous filaments. Staminodes 3.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, concave above, tipped with a round gland. Ovary with 5 carpels bearing oblong sparsely setose processes. Style pubescent except near the apex.
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Single-stemmed, tangled dwarf shrublet to 20 cm, lemon-scented. Flowers 2-4 in terminal clusters, pink. Fruits 5-chambered.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Agathosma zwartbergense world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001133008
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Synonyms

Agathosma zwartbergense