Anginon verticillatum (Sond.) B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Anginon

Characteristics

Much-branched, woody shrub, up to 2 m high, mature parts green, not glaucous. Stems branched at the base and higher up, mostly leafy from the base upwards. Leaves relatively uniform; basal leaves biternate with toothed leaflets; upper leaves invariably laminate, much divided, never needle-like or junciform, (24-)31-51(-65) mm long; petiole and rachis adaxially grooved; lamina invariably present, finely divided into small segments; occasionally with short, broad, papillate hairs along the margins and veins. Inflorescences mostly apical on long shoots, rarely on short shoots, somewhat sparse, mainly with primary racemes; lateral racemes terminate in sim(ple umbels; scale-leaves 4-10 mm long; rays (33-)45-73(-82) mm long; involucre bracts ±4 mm long; involu-cel bracts (1.6-)1.7-2.6(-2.8) mm long. Flowers with Pedicels (4.4-)5.9-9.0(-10.7) mm long; calyx teeth (0.3-)0.4-0.6 mm long; petals widely ovate, (0.9-)1.1-1-3(-1.4) x (0.7-)0.8-1.0(-1.1) mm, inflexed part (0.6-)0-7-0.9(-1.0) mm long; resin ducts unbranched; filaments (0.8-)0.9-1.3(-1.8) mm long, the uppermost 0.1-0.2 mm inflexed in bud; anthers 0.8-0.9 (-1.0) mm long; ovary (0.9-)1.0-1.3(-1.4) mm long; stylopodium (1.0-)1.2-1.5(-1.6) mm wide, (0.5-)0.6-0.8 mm high; style (0.3-)0.4-0.5 mm long. Fruit widely ovate; mericarps somewhat rugose, (3.0-)3.8-4.8(-5.3) mm long, (1.4-)1.6-2.0(-2.3) mm broad; resin ducts 6, rarely 8.
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Like A. intermedium but upper leaves much divided and invariably laminate. Fruit widely ovate, somewhat rugose.
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Anginon verticillatum world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962877-1
WFO ID wfo-0000536538
COL ID DZ8Q
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Synonyms

Anginon verticillatum Polemannia verticillata