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THE GENERA ACROTOME |
| Acrotome is comprised of About 8 species of annual or perennial herbs and subshrubs with entire or toothed leaves, dense terminal inflorescences which are generally white in color, and have tips with spines. They are distinguishable by a peculiar arrangement of stamens which are included in the corolla and held together by intermingling hairs. It also has a shorter upper lip than that of the lower. Acrotome is native to South Africa..The following species are representative of this genera. |
| NO PHOTO | Acrotome inflata is an erect annual herb with freely branching stems and subsessile ovate to ovate- lanceolate, densely pillose leaves. The inflorescences are many flowered globose and spine-tipped with small white or pale mauve upper lips. It is commonly found in Namibia, Botswana, Western Transvaal, and Zambia. At maturity it will reach a height of about 3'. | |||
| NO PHOTO | Acrotome hispida is a perennial herb, branching from the base, with shortly petiolate, obovate to elliptic leaves with obtuse to rounded bases and a few toothed margin or entire. It has a simple 2-8 spaced or crowded verticils with 6-10 flowers
with spine tips and which are white in color.It is a native to the Transvaal region and will attain a height of about 9 ".
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