Sebaea sulphurea Schltdl.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Sebaea

Characteristics

Slender erect annual herbs 2-15 cm high, simple or branched from the base. Leaves 2-9 mm long, 1.5-6.5 mm broad, ovate to suborbicular-ovate acute. Inflorescence 1-few-flowered, lax or compact; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Calyx of 5 segments, each 4-8.5 mm long, 1.25-2 mm broad, elliptic to oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the sides hyaline, or somewhat opaque, free or almost so, with a soft keel-wing 0.5-1 mm broad, broadest at or below the middle. Corolla bright yellow; tube 4.25-8 mm long; lobes 5.75-11.25 mm long, 2.25-5 mm broad, ovate-elliptic to ovate, rounded or acute, sometimes apiculate, clawed. Filaments 0.5-1 mm long, inserted in the corolla-sinuses; anthers 1.25-2 mm long, each with a medium to large, stipitate apical and 2 small, stipitate, basal glands. Style and stigma 5-9 mm long, with a swelling below the middle; stigma large, 1.5-5.5 mm long, ligulate, 2-lobed. Capsule suborbicular to obovoid.
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Like S. fourcadei but stigmas ligulate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.15
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Sebaea sulphurea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:370742-1
WFO ID wfo-0001063423
COL ID 4W7GS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sebaea tabularis Sebaea sulphurea