Drosanthemum latipetalum L.Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Rami decumbentes vel prostrati, hispidi, setis albis patentibus, ad 25 cm longi vel ultra; ramuli ultimi adscendentes vel erecti, saepius 2-6-foliati, in florem ad 3.6 cm diam. terminantes; folia fere erecta vel patenti-erecta, supra subplana, dorso rotundata obtusa, inferne interdum leviter ampliata, papillis haud vel inconspicue nitentibus, ad 1.3 cm longa, ad 2.5 mm diam.; pedunculi sat dense hispidi, 0.5-2 cm longi; receptaculum turbinatum glabrum, conspicue papillatum, 3 mm altum, ad 6 mm diam.; sepala 5, subaequilonga, ad 6 mm longa; petala 1-2-seriata subaequilonga, vel interdum pauca interiora breviora addita, obtusa, rosea, inferne pallidiora, ad 1.6 cm longa, 2-2.5 vel rarius ad 3 mm, basi ad 1 mm, lata; staminodia nulla; stamina erecta, mox diffusa, 9 mm diam. vel demum ultra, ad 6 mm longa, filamentis superne luteis, basi papillatis, cum antheris pollineque inferne stramineis; glandulae crenulatae; ovarium supra planum, 5-lobatum, lobis stellatim dispositis, leviter elevatis compressis; stigmata filiformia, inferne haud vel vix incrassata, 5.5 mm vel rarius demum ad 7 mm longa, stamina superantia, cum aetate spiraliter torta.
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Distribution

Drosanthemum latipetalum world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000656930
COL ID 37QKP
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Synonyms

Drosanthemum latipetalum