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Oligomeris capensis

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Name

Identification
Oligomeris capensis Harvey [family RESEDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by M. Abdallah, 1967 Holopetalum pumilum Turcz. [family RESEDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Reseda dipetala Ait. [family RESEDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Oligomeris capensis
  • Reseda unrecorded
  • Oligomeris microphylla
  • Oligomeris burchellii
  • Oligomeris spathulata
  • Holopetalum pumilum
  • Oligomeris pumila
  • Reseda capensis
  • Oligomeris dipetala
  • Reseda dipetala

Flora

Entry for OLIGOMERIS capensis Thunb. [family RESEDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 63, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
OLIGOMERIS capensis Thunb. [family RESEDACEAE], Cap. p. 402;—Turcz. Bull. Acad. Mosc. XVI. 1. p. 51.
Reseda microphylla Presl [family RESEDACEAE], R. 7533, Drege.
Reseda capensis Thunb. [family RESEDACEAE], l. c.
Information
erect and virgate, or diffusely branched and flexuous; leaves linear, obtuse, or subacute; spikes elongate, lax; bracts much shorter than the flowers; sepals 5, elliptic-oblong, or ovate, albo-marginate; petals linear-oblong, very blunt, twice as long as the sepals; stamens 6–8, equally distributed. Holopetalum pumilum, A small, woody suffrutex, variable in size and ramification; sometimes very short, scraggy and densely branched, spreading over the surface of the arid soil; sometimes (in moister places?) tall, erect and virgate. Such variations are common among Karroo plants. There is no floral character to distinguish the above varieties. The flowers are often polygamous.
Notes
Thunberg says that his plant is “3 feet high or more;” Drege's specimens are 3–12 inches only.

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