Gnidia cyanea Burch.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Many stemmed shrub, up to 0.3 m tall. Leaves opposite, elliptic, upper surface glabrous, lower surface sparsely hairy, involucral leaves similar. Flowers mostly in pairs at branch tips, blue, sweetly scented, hypanthium sparsely hairy, petaloid flower scales 4, membranous, deeply notched.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Distribution

Gnidia cyanea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831714-1
WFO ID wfo-0001282119
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Synonyms

Gnidia cyanea