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Aspidonepsis diploglossa (Turcz.) Nicholas & Goyder

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Aspidonepsis

Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 170-400 mm high. Stems solitary, erect. Leaves spreading, narrowly lanceolate, 5-84 x 0.5-7.0 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences corymbose umbellate, 1-3 per plant, 4-26-flowered; peduncles up to 9.5 mm long. Flowers bright yellow, 4-9 mm high, 6-13 mm wide. Corolla spreading, rotate, 4-6 x 2.4-4.0 mm. Staminal column 2.0-2.8 mm high, stipitate. Corona: lobes cup-shaped, 3-6 x 2.4-4.0 mm, upper proximal edges shoulder-like level with style-stigma-head, upper margin ± truncate, upper distal end round; sinus with tongue-like appendage projecting out by 0.2-0.7 mm. Anther: appendages apically deeply cleft. Flowering time Dec.?
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Perennial, geophytic herb, 170-500 mm high. Stem single, erect, pubescent. Leaves spreading; blade narrowly ovate, occasionally falcate but rarely linear or narrowly elliptic, 5-130 x 0.3-7.0 mm. Flowers: 1-3 inflorescences, with 4-16 flowers per plant; peduncles sessile or up to 10 mm; pedicels 6-16 mm; corona lobes cup-shaped with a broad central appendage in sinus, not exceeding gynostegial column; anther appendages deeply cleft; corolla lobes not fully reflexed, ovate to elliptic and free to base, yellow or yellow-brown, yellow with occasionally purple or lilac on inside, outside yellow, brown or purple; Oct.-Jan.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.17 - 0.45
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Aspidonepsis diploglossa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:970654-1
WFO ID wfo-0000552333
COL ID HH9Z
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Synonyms

Asclepias schizoglossoides Asclepias diploglossa Aspidonepsis diploglossa Gomphocarpus diploglossus
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