Oligomeris dipetala(Aiton) Turcz. [family RESEDACEAE ] (stored under name); Reseda dipetalaAiton [family RESEDACEAE ] Verified by Abdallah,M., 1966
Related name
Oligomeris capensis
Oligomeris dregeana
Oligomeris glaucescens
Holopetalum pumilum
Reseda capensis
Oligomeris dipetala
Reseda dregeana
Resedella dregeana
Reseda dipetala
Flora
Entry for OLIGOMERIS Dregeana Presl [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 DregeanaPresl [family RESEDACEAE], Bot. Bem. p. 8
Reseda dipetalaE. Mey. [family RESEDACEAE], ! in Herb. Drege.
Information
diffuse or decumbent, flexuous; leaves linear, elongate, subacute, with fascicles of smaller leaves in their axils; bracts longer than the flower, subulate; sepals subulate, acute, as long as the lanceolate petals; stamens three or four, unilateral. Branches densely clothed with leaves, which have usually innovations in their axils. Leaves 3/4 inch long, slightly tapering at base and somewhat glaucous. Spikes rather lax, elongating. Lower bracts leaflike, much longer than the flowers, upper gradually shorter. Sepals veiny, with membranous edges. Stamens shorter than the petals.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Zwartkey, by the River, 4000ft. Dec. Drege! (Herb. T.C.D,, Hook. Sond.)
