WorldFloraDB - Gnidia flanagani

Characteristics

An erect undershrub, up to 1 ft. high; branches erect, straight, glabrous; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, up to 6 lin. long and 2.5 lin. wide, acute, glabrous, 3-nerved; flowers in terminal clusters; calyx glabrous; tube 5 lin. long, slightly inflated below, widened above; lobes ovate, acute, 1.5 lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 4, membranous, 1 lin. long, 2/3 lin. wide; anthers 0.5 lin. long, upper exserted on short thick filaments; ovary oblong, compressed; style as long as the calyx-tube, rigid; stigma penicillate.

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Perennial, dwarf shrub, up to 0.25 m high; erect, glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 3-nerved. Flowers in terminal clusters. Hypanthium glabrous; tube slightly inflated below, widened above; sepals ovate, acute. Petaloid floral scales 4, membranous. Anthers: upper exserted on short thick filaments. Ovary oblong, compressed. Style as long as hypanthium tube, rigid. Stigma penicillate. Flowering time May.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831740-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000704808
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Synonyms

Gnidia flanagani

WorldFloraDB 2024

Gnidia flanagani C.H.Wright

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