Sebaea thomasii Schinz

Species

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Characteristics

Procumbent, mat-forming perennial herbs with ascending flowering branches. Leaves up to 2.1 cm long and 1.4 cm broad, elliptic-ovate to ovate-orbicular, acute or rounded, narrowed towards the petiole-like base, more or less crowded towards the base or scattered along the stems. Inflorescence a 1-few-flowered terminal cyme; bracts foliaceous, the lower ones ovate, but becoming progressively smaller and narrower. Calyx of 5 segments, each 9.5-11.5 mm long, 2-2.5 mm broad, lanceolate, acuminate, softly membranous, joined for 0.75-2 mm, keeled or with a thick, very narrow wing. Corolla bright yellow; tube 1.3-2.1 cm long; lobes 0.8-1.1 cm long; 4-6 mm broad, ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded or subacute, clawed. Filaments 0.25-0.75 mm long, inserted 3.5-6 mm below the corolla-sinuses; anthers 2.25-2.75 mm long, each with an oblong-conical, red-brown (when dry) apical gland 0.6-0.75 mm long and mostly with 2 small round basal glands. Style and stigma 2.5-6 mm long; stigma linear-oblong, rarely somewhat clavate, 1.25-2.4 mm long, 2-lobed.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.3 m high; procumbent, mat-forming, flowering branches ascending. Leaves up to 21 x 14 mm, ovate. Flowers in 1-few-flowered, terminal cymes, bracteate. Calyx: segments 5, lanceolate, keeled or with thick, narrow wing. Corolla bright yellow; tube 13-21 mm long, clawed. Stamens inserted 3.5-6.0 mm below corolla sinuses; anthers with apical glands and 2 basal glands. Stigma linear-oblong, bilobed. Flowering time Aug., Sept. Fruit a capsule.
Procumbent, mat-forming, perennial herb, with ascending flowering branches. Leaves with blade elliptic to ovate, up to 20 x 14 mm. Flowers: in 1-few-flowered cymes; filaments inserted below corolla sinuses; anthers with an oblong-conical, dark (red-brown) apical gland; style without stigmatic swelling; corolla with tube 13-21 mm long, bright yellow; Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Sebaea thomasii world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:370748-1
WFO ID wfo-0001063425
COL ID 4W7GW
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Parasia thomasii Sebaea jasminiflora Sebaea thomasii Exochaenium thomasii