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Brunia noduliflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

Angiosperms > Bruniales > Bruniaceae > Brunia

Characteristics

Shrub, 0.5-1.5 m high. Leaves sessile, imbricate, 1.5-4.0 mm long; lanceolate, acuminate, weakly villous to glabrous. Inflorescences laterally arranged in loose clusters on a main axis that continues to grow for several seasons; globose, 8-15 mm in diam., with ± 100 flowers; persistent for more than one season. Bract spathulate, villous; bracteoles lacking. Calyx: tube densely villous. Petals 3.5-4.8 mm long. Stamens exserted; filaments unequal in length. Ovary half-inferior, villous. Flowering time mainly Mar.-June.
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Closely leafy, rounded shrub to 1.5 m, coppicing from a woody caudex, with minutely pubescent branches. Leaves lanceolate, adpressed, 2-3 mm long, imbricate, cuneate. Flowers in dense, globose heads loosely clustered in corymbs, white, with white villous bracts, adaxial filaments shorter.
Closely leafy rounded shrub to 1.5 m, coppicing from a woody caudex, with minutely pubescent branches. Leaves lanceolate, adpressed, 2-3 mm long, imbricate, cuneate. Flowers in dense globose, terminal heads loosely clustered in corymbs, white, with white villous bracts.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
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Images

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Distribution

Brunia noduliflora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017423-1
WFO ID wfo-0000572829
COL ID 68T2F
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Synonyms

Brunia noduliflora
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