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Anisodontea scabrosa (L.) D.M.Bates

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Anisodontea

Characteristics

Erect, often viscid, fragrant shrub, 0.2-3.7 m high; pubescence variable. Leaves thin, rugulose, ovate to rhombic, 3-or 5-lobed. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 4-or 5-flowered cymes. Epicalyx bracts 3, linear to oblong-ovate. Calyx campanulate, lobes long, ± deltoid-ovate. Corolla campanulate, rose-purple to deep rose-magenta at base. Staminal tube slightly deflexed, centrally densely pubescent; filaments 3 mm long, anthers 56-87, magenta. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. Fruit discoid, densely pubescent apically, black. Mericarps 9-15, ± orbicular in lateral view, upper (seedless) cell dehiscent. Seed single in lower cell, reddish brown.
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Carpels 6-17, uniovulate, nearly orbicular to transversely oblong-elliptic in lateral view, brownish to reddish-black or black, generally with deep, acute grooves between adjacent carpels; endoglossum obscure or prominent, arising ventro-apically and dividing the locule into a small, empty or rarely uniovulate (in A. scabrosa), smooth-walled, dehiscent or indehiscent upper cell and an indehiscent, smooth or transversely ridged or more or less reticulate, 1-ovuled lower cell. Involucral bracts 3(-5), distinct and also free from the calyx. Calyx 5-lobed.
Thinly to densely glandular-hairy shrub to 2 m. Leaves mostly obscurely 3-lobed or elliptic and toothed. Flowers 1-few in axils on slender pedicels, pink, epicalyx of 3 linear to lanceolate lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 2.75
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 4-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

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Images

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Distribution

Anisodontea scabrosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:558952-1
WFO ID wfo-0000537251
COL ID 67494
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Malveopsis fragrans Malvastrum amoenum Malva stricta Malveopsis stricta Malva amoena Anisodontea scabrosa Malveopsis scabrosum Malvastrum calycinum Malvastrum fragrans Malvastrum riparium Malvastrum strictum Malvastrum scabrosum Malva retusa Malva scabrosa Malva fragrans Malva calycina Malvastrum retusum Malva glutinosa Malvastrum trilobatum Malvastrum burchellii Malvastrum puniceum Malvastrum capense var. balsamicum Malvastrum virgatum var. angustifolium Malvastrum virgatum var. oblongifolium Malveopsis calycina
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