Sebaea zeyheri Schinz

Species

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Characteristics

Erect annual herbs, slender or rather stout, simple or branched from the base, 5-25 cm high. Leaves 2-12 mm long, 2-10 mm broad, ovate to suborbicular, acute to obtuse, the lower leaves more or less crowded, but not in a rosette. Inflorescence corymbose or reduced to a few cymes, lax or subdense; bracts ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Calyx of 5 segments, each 2-4.5 mm long, 0.5-1.75 mm broad, lanceolate to elliptic or oblong, acute to acuminate, the sides hyaline, or somewhat opaque, joined for 0.25-0.75 mm, winged; the wing up to 1.75 mm broad, broadest at the middle or near the base, often distinctly veined. Corolla yellow; tube 2.5-4.75 mm long; lobes 1.5-4 mm long, 0.5-2 mm broad, ovate to ovate-oblong or elliptic, obtuse or acute, sometimes apiculate. Filaments 0.25-0.75 mm long, inserted in the corolla-sinuses; anthers 0.5-0.75 mm long, each with a small, stipitate apical gland or sometimes apparently eglandular. Style and stigma 1-3.75 mm long; stigma ligulate, 2-lobed, together with the confluent swelling as long as or longer than the rest of the style.
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Annual herb, 0.05-0.25 m high; slender or stout. Leaves 2-12 x 2-10 mm, ovate to suborbicular, lower leaves crowded. Flowers in a few cymes or corymbs, lax or subdense, bracteate. Calyx: segments 5, lanceolate to oblong, winged. Corolla yellow; tube 2.50-4.75 mm long. Stamens inserted in corolla sinuses; anthers with stipitate apical glands. Style with swelling confluent with stigma; stigma ligulate, bilobed. Fruit a capsule.
Annual to 25 cm. Leaves ovate. Flowers 5-lobed, yellow, calyx lobes winged, stamens inserted in sinuses, style swelling confluent with stigma.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.25
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Sebaea zeyheri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:370758-1
WFO ID wfo-0001063428
COL ID 4W7H4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sebaea zeyheri Sebaea zeyheri subsp. zeyheri

Lower taxons

Sebaea zeyheri subsp. acutiloba Sebaea zeyheri subsp. cleistantha