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Anisotoma pedunculata N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Anisotoma

Characteristics

Perennial, creeping herb. Stems many, slender, forking basally, radiating from fascicled fleshy roots; 100-600 mm long. Leaves pressed against ground, widely ovate 8.5-40.0 x 6-35 mm, base cordate; petioles 4-19 mm long. Inflorescences 2-10-flowered; peduncle 12-50 mm long. Flowers: corolla cream-coloured basally, upper half brown; pedicels 19-32 mm long. Corolla deeply lobed; tube campanulate, 1.5-2.0 mm long; lobes narrowly oblong, 3.5-4.5 x 1.5 mm, margins rolled over. Corona in 2 series: outer lobes oblong to lanceolate, apex obtuse or dentate, 1.0-1.5 mm long; inner lobes extended into a linear-spathulate appendage, 1.5-2.0 mm long, apex acute or bifid, connivent above style apex. Anther tipped with 3 or 4 hairs. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.25 m high. Stems procumbent or twining. Leaves with blade cordate-ovate to cordate-orbicular, 8-38 x 6-34 mm. Flowers: corona lobes oblong or narrowly ovate, entire or denticulate, with puberulous, linear to narrowly ovate, acute or bifid appendages; corolla with tube < 2 mm long, lobes much longer than tube, cream-coloured to white, usually brown-tipped; Oct.-Jan.
Prostrate, perennial herb. Leaves cordate-ovate to cordate-orbicular. Corona lobes oblong or lanceolate, entire or denticulate, with puberulous, linear-lanceolate, acute or bifid appendage. Flowers brown and white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Anisotoma pedunculata world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93991-1
WFO ID wfo-0000537504
COL ID 5V4X7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Anisotoma pedunculata
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