Gnidia anomala Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

A much-branched undershrub; branches at first white-pilose, finally glabrous and with slightly raised leaf-scars; upper leaves opposite, lower alternate, oval or ovate-oblong, concave, 3 1/2 lin. long, 1.5 lin. wide, obtuse, silky on both sides, 3-5-nerved; bracts similar to the leaves; flowers few; calyx silky outside; tube 6 1/2 lin. long, slender; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2.5 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, margins involute; petals 8, geminate, clavate; upper stamens absent, lower with anthers 0.2/3 lin. long; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 4 lin. long; stigma small.
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Lanky shrub up to 2 m. Leaves opposite, ovate-oval to oval-oblong, densely silky; involucral leaves similar. Flowers few at branch tips, pale yellow, hypanthium densely silky hairy, petaloid floral scales 8, upper stamens reduced or lacking.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Gnidia anomala world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831671-1
WFO ID wfo-0000704733
COL ID 6KMZ8
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Synonyms

Gnidia anomala Gnidia argentea Pseudognidia anomala Gnidia anomala var. villosissima