Selago ramosissima

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Selago ramosissima
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Selago
Species:
S. ramosissima
Binomial name
Selago ramosissima
Rolfe

Selago ramosissima is a species of plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Description[]

Selago ramosissima is a rounded perennial bush, branching densely and profusely from its lower stem. The stems are covered densely in small, thick, adpressed, obtuse-tipped, linear-oblong leaves. New branches are minutely hairy, old branches with persistent dead leaves that are eventually shed.

The principal flowering season is September to October.

Relatively short racemes appear at the tips of the numerous branches, containing white flowers with hairy sepals and exserted stamens. The bracts are very long - at least as long as the flowers' corolla tubes - and have obtuse tips. The bracts, like the calyx, are noticeably very furry.[1]

Distribution[]

Selago ramosissima is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs in the Overberg-Riversdale region in rocky succulent karoo habitats.

It occurs from the Swellendam area in the west (the type locality is near the Riviersondered-Breede river confluence), south to the ruggens hills between Bredasdorp and De Hoop, and eastwards as far as Great Brak.[2][3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ O.M. Hilliard (1999). The Tribe Selagineae. vii + 312pp. ISBN 1 900347 74
  2. ^ O.M. Hilliard (1999). The Tribe Selagineae. vii + 312pp. ISBN 1 900347 74
  3. ^ Curtis-Scott, O. (2020) Field Guide to Renosterveld of the Overberg. Penguin Random House, Cape Town.
  4. ^ SANBI Redlist - Distribution map


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