Commicarpus squarrosus fruticosus
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Habit
30 Apr 2011
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Leaves
30 Apr 2011
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Flower
30 Apr 2011
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Flower
30 Apr 2011
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Inflorescence
30 Apr 2011
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Full name: | Commicarpus squarrosus var. fruticosus (Pohnert) Struwig |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Dassiebos |
| English common name(s): | Hyrax bush |
| Synonym(s): | Commicarpus fruticosus Pohnert (1953) |
| Status: | Endemic |
| Description: | Much branched subshrub, young shoots purplish, older branches whitish, up to 1 m high; pubescent to glabrescent. Leaves with petiole (8–)9–18(–23) mm long; lamina elliptic, ovate, orbicular, trullate, oval or lanceolate, (10–)11–25(–30) × (8–)10–23(–27) mm, apex apiculate, rounded, retuse or emarginate, base attenuate; fleshy, sometimes reddish, pubescent. Inflorescence with five flowers per umbel; peduncles 30–90 mm long, glabrescent; pedicels (8–)12–25(–26) mm long, tinged purple. Flowers 5–8 mm long; lower part of perianth 2 mm long, broadly elliptic, green-purplish, five shortly stalked, purple, prominent glands alternating with five sessile, less prominent glands around the apex; smaller, less prominent glands scattered over the surface below; upper part of perianth 3–6 mm long, pink or purple. Stamens 2 or 3, filaments 5 mm long. Ovary and style 6 mm long. Anthocarp 4–6 × 1–2 mm, fusiform, apex surrounded by five stalked glands alternating with five sessile glands, sessile glands scattered over surface below apex; glabrous. (from Nyctaginaceae: A taxonomic treatment for the Flora of Namibia by Struwig et al, 2015) |
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| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
