Sebaea grisebachiana Schinz

Species

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Characteristics

Slender erect annual herbs 5-15 cm high, simple or branched from the base. Leaves 3-12 mm long, 2-10 mm broad, ovate-elliptic to broadly ovate or cordate, acute or subacute, thin, scattered along the stems or the lower ones crowded into a small rosette. Inflorescence a lax, few-flowered cyme or a small corymb; bracts very small, ovate-lanceolate to subulate. Calyx of 5 segments, each 3.5-6.5 mm long, 0.75-1.75 mm broad, lanceolate to elliptic, acuminate, sometimes mucronate, the sides hyaline, free or joined for up to 0.5 mm, with a keel-wing up to 1 mm broad, broadest at or near the base, wing sometimes strongly veined, its margin sometimes papillose-scabrid. Corolla yellow; tube 2.5-5.5 mm long; lobes 3-5.75 mm long, 1.25-3.25 mm broad, narrowly elliptic to obovate or obovate-orbicular, obtuse. Filaments 0.3-1 mm long, inserted in the corolla-sinuses; anthers 1-2.75 mm long, without glands or with minute apical glands. Style and stigma 3.25-5.5 mm long, with a medium to large stigmatic swelling near the base or below the middle; stigma clavate, 2-lobed with tongue-shaped lobes, 0.75-2.5 mm long.
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Annual herb, 0.05-0.15 m high, slender to filiform; base simple or branched. Leaves 3-12 x 2-10 mm, ovate-elliptic to cordate. Flowers in lax, few-flowered cymes or corymbs, bracteate. Calyx: segments 5, free or joined for up to 0.5 mm, keel wing present. Corolla yellow; tube 2.5-5.5 mm long. Stamens inserted in corolla sinuses; anthers with or without apical glands. Style with medium to large swelling near base or below middle; stigma clavate, 2 tongue-shaped lobes. Fruit a capsule.
Annual to 15 cm. Leaves ovate. Flowers 5-lobed, yellow, calyx lobes winged, stamens inserted in sinuses, style swelling below middle.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Sebaea grisebachiana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:370665-1
WFO ID wfo-0001063363
COL ID 79ZRB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sebaea humilis Sebaea grisebachiana Sebaea macrostigma Sebaea schizostigma