Capnophyllum lutzeyeri Magee & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Capnophyllum

Characteristics

Sprawling herb, 0.2-0.5 m tall. Leaves 15-60 mm x 7-25 mm. Petioles 5-15 mm long, basal sheaths 3-8 mm x 2-5 mm. Ultimate leaflets ovate to broadly ovate, 7-15 mm x 4-9 mm, venation not visible; segments linear-oblong, 1.5-3 mm long, less than 1 mm broad, subterete. Umbels with peduncle short, 15-75 mm long; involucral bracts 2 to 4, free?; rays (2 to) 4 to 5.10-30 mm long at anthesis; involucel bracteoles 4, free?; raylets 7 to 10, 2-6 mm long at anthesis. Flowers with ovary smooth; stylopodium shortly conical, raised above the fruit apex; styles lengthening slightly as the fruit matures, 0.7-0.8 mm long, becoming reflexed up to or just above the base of the stylopodium. Fruit broadly elliptic, 6.0-6.5 mm x 3.5-4.0 mm; base obtuse to truncate; apex obtuse; mericarps markedly concave on the commissural surface; median and lateral ribs slightly prominent, straight, smooth; marginal ribs prominently involute; secondary ribs present above the vallecular and commissural vittae; commissural vittae terminating slightly below the base of the stylopodium.
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Like C. leiocarpon but styles remaining short, not becoming reflexed beyond base of stylopodium and mericarps with marginal wings prominently involute.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 4-5
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Distribution

Capnophyllum lutzeyeri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77098209-1
WFO ID wfo-0000743479
COL ID QRBB
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Synonyms

Capnophyllum lutzeyeri