Diosma hirsuta

국표에 없다.

Description

Finely leafy, aromatic shrublet up to 50cm, resprouting from a woody underground stem. Leaves linear with a pointed tip (mucronate); flowers in compact racemes grouped in lax terminal heads, white, petals persisting below fruit.

Greek: dios = excellent, mighty; osme = scent, odour: referring to aromatic scent of this species, particularly when leaves are crushed.

Habitat

Sanstone and clay slopes

Flower Date

Mainly September to November

Diosma hirsuta (fernkloof.org.za)

 

Diosma are evergreen shrubs with small, aromatic, linear leaves. Star-shaped fragrant flowers carried at the end of wiry stems are borne in profusion from late winter into spring.

Diosma hirsuta/RHS Gardening

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