Acrotome inflata
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|image = Acrotome inflata-2391 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg
|genus = Acrotome
|species = inflata
|authority = Benth.
- Acrotome amboensis Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(3): 1095 (1894)
- Lasiocorys eenii (Hiern) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 469 (1900)
- Leucas eenii Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 878 (1900)
Acrotome inflata (horsefright or tumbleweed) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. This species is native to Africa. Acrotome inflata was first described in 1848 by George Bentham.{{cite web |title=Acrotome inflata Benth. - Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444370-1#synonyms |access-date=2023-01-16}} The name "horsefright" is derived from the Afrikaans "perdeskrikbossie" (horse-fright bush).Smith, C.A.: Common Names of South African Plants, page 601. Pretoria: Government Printer, 1966.
Characteristics
Acrotome inflata is an erect annual herb that grows up to 1 metre tall. Its stems are densely covered in appressed hairs. The arrangement of its leaves are opposite and are either sessile or shorty petiolate. The leaves range from being ovate, to being oblong-lanceolate and usually grow from 3–12 cm long (but are mostly wider on the lower part of the stem). Its leaves very hairy on both sides and its margins are rarely crenate-dentate. Its flowers are grouped in dense rows in inflorescences that come in verticils, it has many bracteoles, are filiforms that grow up to 1 centimetre long, are densely-hairy and are spine-tipped.{{cite web |title=Acrotome inflata Benth. - Tsammalex |url=https://tsammalex.clld.org/parameters/acrotomeinflata |access-date=2023-01-16}}' Its corolla come in colors varying from white to pale mauve.{{cite web |title=Acrotome inflata Benth. - Flora of Caprivi |url=https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149210 |access-date=2023-01-16}}
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Category:Taxa named by George Bentham
Category:Plants described in 1848
Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces
Category:Flora of the Free State
Category:Flora of the Northern Provinces
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