Cliffortia spathulata Weim.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Cliffortia

Characteristics

Frutex; rami et ramuli dense et breviter ferrugineo-pilosi; ramuli abbreviati 1-3 mm longi dense foliati. Folia 3-foliolata; vagina amplectens 0.5-1 mm longa glabra vel breviter pilosula; stipulae 0.3-0.5 mm longae anguste triangulares acuminatae; foliola spathulata-cuneato-spathulata 2-4 mm longa 1.5-2.5 mm lata apice subtruncata obtuse 3-7(-9)-dentata nervis subtus prominentia. Flores [male] ignoti. Flores [female] sessiles; bracteolae 2-2.5 mm longae acutae glabrae; receplaculum ovoideo-oblongum 2.5 mm longum 1 mm crassum obscure costatum; sepala 1 mm longa lanceolata reflexa; stylus 2 mm e receptaculo prominens valde ramosum.
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Shrub, up to 1 m high. Stems densely divaricately branched, forming short branchlets. Leaves sessile; trifoliolate; leaflets broadly obovate, 2.4-6.1 x 1.2-3.4 mm, apex acute to rounded, margins toothed or lobed; glabrous. Flowers: solitary in axils of leaves; sepals 4; brownish; Nov.-Jan.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Distribution

Cliffortia spathulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:722331-1
WFO ID wfo-0001017120
COL ID W5NX
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Synonyms

Cliffortia spathulata