Aneilema brunneospermum Faden

Species

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Characteristics

Tufted annual. Roots thin, fibrous. Leaves with petioles usually long to short, leaf-blades lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 25-100(-140) x (6-)10-35(-60) mm, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences all or mostly terminal, (20-)25-60(-75) x (15-)20-45(-60) mm, with (6-)10-20(-29) ascending cincinni. Flowers perfect and staminate, (9-) 11-15 mm wide; pedicels (2.2-)2.5-7 (-8) mm long, puberulous above the middle; sepals (2-)2.5-3.6(-4.3) mm long; paired petals lavender or pale lilac, 5.3-7.5(-9) mm long; lateral stamen filaments 4.8-9.5 mm long, bearded, anther sacs blue-black; style (3-)4.5-9 mm long, yellow with violet tip. Capsules mostly broadly elliptic to obovate, bilocular, (2.8-)3-4.5(-5) x (3.3-)3.8-4.5(-4.8) mm, locules 1-seeded. Seeds elliptic, 2-2.5(-2.8) x 1.7-2.05 mm, testa dark brown, usually foveolate-reticulate.
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Tufted, annual herb. Inflorescences composed of (6-) 10-20(-29) cymes. Pedicels puberulous for up to half their length, 2-7 mm long, strongly recurved in fruit. Lower petal smaller than upper 2, different in colour. Capsule bilocular. Seeds dark brown. Flowers lavender or pale lilac.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Aneilema brunneospermum world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:903527-1
WFO ID wfo-0000339764
COL ID DW6B
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Synonyms

Aneilema brunneospermum Aneilema dregeanum var. galpinii