Polemannia grossulariifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub, up to 3 m high, glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate, cuneate, 3-lobed, apices usually truncate, with distinct intramarginal nerve. Flowers in compound umbels or umbels in panicles on leafless branches; involucre of few bracts. Calyx with persistent, ovate lobes. Flowering time Dec.-Mar. Fruit oblong or ovoid; mericarps dorsally flattened, flat on face, convex on 3-nerved back, winged on margins; vittae 6, 2 on inner face.
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Deeply divided leaflets like those of P. montana, but the lobes are obtuse, rounded or very nearly truncate.
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Distribution

Polemannia grossulariifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:847326-1
WFO ID wfo-0001068210
COL ID 4KXD5
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Synonyms

Polemannia grossulariifolia