Plocama crocyllis (Sond.) M.Backlund & Thulin

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Plocama

Characteristics

Shrub, ± erect, many-stemmed, intricately branched, c. 0.6-1.5 m tall, occasionally low dwarf shrub; stems and branches whitish grey. Leaves on younger parts on long and short shoots, on older parts tightly fasciculate on much contracted short shoots only; blades (2-)3.5-12(-14.5) x 0.5-1(-1.5) mm, often ± round in section, fleshy, occasionally with a few short hairs, obtuse at apex. Flowers: calyx lobes c. (0.2-)0.4-1.1(-1.3) mm long, ± triangular, erect, usually hidden amongst ovary hairs; corolla lobes 1-2.8(-3.4) mm long, elliptic to lanceolate, ± recurved, pilose on both surfaces, tube funnel-shaped to ± campanulate, usually less than half as long as lobes; filaments 0.5-3 mm long; anthers c. 1.5 mm long in('bisexual')(('Female')with rudimentary anthers to c. 0.5 mm long); ovary c. 0.3-0.8 mm long, densely hairy; style c. 1-2 mm long. Fruit 1-2(-2.5) x 0.5-1.5 mm, obovate, densely covered with long white hairs.
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Suberect, many stemmed, intricately branched, foetid shrub, ± 0.6-1.5 m tall, with whitish grey stems, often ± cushion-like with spine-tipped branches. Leaves 4-ranked, tightly clustered on older parts, ± terete, fleshy. Flowers shortly pedicellate, in terminal clusters on new growth, whitish, ovary densely hairy.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.5
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Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 5-8
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Distribution

Plocama crocyllis world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080038-1
WFO ID wfo-0000809758
COL ID 4KGWT
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Synonyms

Plocama crocyllis Crocyllis anthospermoides Crocyllis intricatissima Gaillonia crocyllis Anthospermum crocyllis