Compilation
Acrosanthes teretifolia

13 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Isotype of Acrosanthes teretifolia Eckl. and Zeyh. [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Acrosanthes teretifolia
  • Didaste icosandra

Flora

Entry for ACROSANTHES teretifolia E. & Z. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 386, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
ACROSANTHES teretifolia E. & Z. [family AIZOACEAE], ! 2148
Didaste icosandra E. Meyer [family AIZOACEAE], !
Information
procumbent; branches diffuse or ascending, lax or rigid, virgate, nearly terete; leaves opposite, or 4–5 verticillate, terete-filiform, acutish, sphacelate-mucronate; flowers axillary, or in the forks solitary, pedicellate; lobes of the calyx ovate; stamens 28–40. Habit of the preceding. Root thick, 3–4 inches long. Stems many, 6–10 inches long; branches short. Leaves 1/2–1 inch long, 1/2 line broad. Flowers as long as the pedicels or twice shorter, 1 1/2–2 1/2 lines long. Calyx-lobes nearly twice longer than the turbinate tube. Capsule a little shorter than the calyx.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Stony places, Mount Zwarteberg, Caledon; near Tulbagh, Worcester, E. & Z.! Mount Paarlberg, 1500–2000f., Drege! Nov.-Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Related Materials