Notobubon montanum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Notobubon

Characteristics

Shrubs, 0.2-0.4 m tall. Stem repeatedly branched, branches glabrous. Leaves regularly arranged along the upper parts of the branches, 10-18 mm x 10-15 mm; blade broadly ovate, 2-pinnate. Ultimate leaflet segments elliptic or obovate to broadly obovate, 5-13 mm x 3-7 mm, 2-or 3-cleft or 2 lobed; base attenuate; venation pinnate; concolorous, green; lobes very narrowly elliptic, flat, 2-5 mm x 1-2 mm, margins entire, prominently revolute (folded over to a width of 0.5 mm). Petioles to 2 mm long, sheathing along their entire length. Inflorescence long (more than two times longer than the diameter of the primary umbel), with 0-3 smaller lateral umbels. Primary umbel with 7-8 rays, flat-topped; bracts lanceolate, apex acute to slightly acuminate, glabrous; rays 5-8 mm long, unequal, glabrous; bracteoles lanceolate, apex acute to slightly acuminate, slightly scabrous, usually shorter than raylets; raylets scabrous. Flowers with sepals relatively large, 0.4-0.7 mm, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous; petals unknown. Fruit broadly elliptic to rotund, 5 mm x 4 mm; mericarps homomorphic; median and lateral ribs obsolete or very slightly prominent; marginal ribs relatively broadly-winged; commissural vittae narrow; vallecular vittae narrow.
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Shrublet, 0.4-0.5 m high. Leaves 10-18 mm long, pinnate to 2-pinnatisect, lobes very narrowly elliptic, concolorous, margins revolute; petioles sheathing. Primary umbel with 7 or 8 rays, flat-topped; rays 5-8 mm long. Flowers yellow. Flowering time Dec.-Mar. Fruit outline broadly elliptic to rotund, 5 mm long, marginal wings thick and narrow, glabrous.
Like N. striatum but leaflets with prominently revolute margins and without scabrous hairs on pedicel and rays.
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.45
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Distribution

Notobubon montanum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77090277-1
WFO ID wfo-0000509851
COL ID 74BNL
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Synonyms

Peucedanum ecklonianum Sciothamnus montanus Dregea montana Ifdregea montana Peucedanum dregeanum Peucedanum montanum Notobubon montanum