Searsia rosmarinifolia (Vakl) F.A.Barkley

Species

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Characteristics

Ericoid, virgate or branched shrublet to 1 m high. Branches glabrous, rarely puberulous, occasionally arched. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole semiterete, flat or shallowly concave above, (1-)4(-10) mm long; leaflets straight or curved, subcoriaceous to rigidly coriaceous, discolorous, glabrous or thinly pubescent and greyish green above, lanate, lumbricate and white below, hypostomatous; lamina acicular or widely linear to narrowly oblanceolate, apex mucronulate; margin entire, strongly revolute, sometimes grossly pauciserrate in upper half; midrib prominent below, impressed above, venation when visible, simple craspedodromous to reticulodromous, secondaries and tertiaries slightly prominent above; terminal leaflets (12-)30(-57) x (1-)5(-11) mm, lateral leaflets (8-)21(-40) x (1-)3(-6) mm. Panicles glabrous or thinly pubescent, axillary and terminal, exposed, males up to 60 mm long, females reduced with few flowers. Flowers normal. Drupe oblate, obloid to ellipsoid, fulvous, villous-tomentose to ferruginous glabrous, large, 7.3 x 4.6-9.4 x 7.4 mm.
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Shrub, 0.2-1.0 m high; ericoid, virgate, branched; branches glabrous, rarely puberulous, sometimes arched. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets straight or curved, subcoriaceous to rigidly coriaceous, greyish green, glabrous to pubescent above, white below, acicular or widely linear to narrowly oblanceolate, margins entire, revolute, sometimes pauciserrate in upper half. Inflorescence axillary and terminal panicles, glabrous to pubescent; males ± 60 mm long, females reduced with few flowers, exposed. Flowering time May-Oct. Fruit a drupe, oblate, obloid to ellipsoid, fulvous, villous-tomentose to ferruginous glabrous.
A shrub 2-4 feet high, the branches and branchlets virgate. Leaves nearly sessile or on a petiole 2-3 lines long. Leaflets straight or incurved, 1-2 inches long, 0.5-1 line wide, the terminal somewhat longer. Axillary panicles short, the terminal ones mostly longer; peduncles slender, patent, the uppermost pedicels about 1 line or as long as the flowers. Petals oblong, twice as long as the calyx. Drupe the size of a pea, pubescent or sub-glabrous.
Dioecious, dwarf, evergreen shrub to 1 m. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, linear, discolorous, occasionally toothed. Flowers cream-coloured. Drupes ellipsoid, mostly hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Searsia rosmarinifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71185-1
WFO ID wfo-0000434849
COL ID 4W75V
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron rosmarinifolium Searsia rosmarinifolia Rhus rosmarinifolia var. brevifolia Rhus rosmarinifolia var. swellendamensis Rhus rosmarinifolia