Chascanum cuneifolium E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Verbenaceae > Chascanum

Characteristics

Perennial, dwarf shrub, 0.2-0.6 m high; base woody, branches tetragonal with 2 opposite lines of pubescence. Leaves petiolate; broadly-to oblong-cuneate, 13-25 x 6-13 mm, base cuneate, apex rounded, coarsely dentate; puberulous on margins and midrib, glandular. Inflorescence a lax raceme, 76-152 mm long. Flowers white; bracts linear-subulate. Calyx 5-toothed; tube narrow, 5-ribbed. Corolla: tube curved, up to 23 mm long, slender, widened at apex; 5-lobed, lobes oblong or obovate. Stamens 4, didynamous, in upper part of corolla tube, included. Ovary 2-locular; style linear, heelshaped bend above. Flowering time Sept.-May. Fruit dry, straw-coloured to black, oblong mericarps.
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Twiggy shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves opposite, obovate to round or flabellate, petiolate, mostly 5-7-toothed. Flowers in compact spikes, white or mauve. Cocci with small, basal areole (excavation).
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Chascanum cuneifolium world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861634-1
WFO ID wfo-0000840578
COL ID 99M7Q
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Synonyms

Bouchea cuneifolia Bouchea dehiscens Buchnera cuneifolia Chascanum cuneifolium Chascanum dehiscens Deniseia dehiscens Plexipus cuneifolius Phryma dehiscens