Gnidia galpini C.H.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Diffusely branched; branches glabrous, reddish, wiry; leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 lin. long, 1.5 lin. wide, glabrous, punticulate below, margins involute above; flowers geminate at the apex of the branches; calyx glabrous; tube 3.5 lin. long, cylindrical below, rather widely funnel-shaped above; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1.5 lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 4, membranous, elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long, 2/3 lin. wide, hyaline; anthers shortly oblong, obtuse, 1/2 lin. long, the upper exserted on short stiff filaments; ovary oblong, compressed, with a terminal tuft of hairs; style as long as the calyx-tube, wiry; stigma penicillate.
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Diffusely branched shrublet, up to 0.6 m high; branches glabrous, reddish, wiry. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers in pairs at apex of branches, yellow. Hypanthium funnel-shaped, glabrous. Petaloid floral scales 4, membranous, pale. Flowering time Sept.-May.
Slender-branched shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate; involucral leaves slightly wider. Flowers paired at branch tips, yellow; hypanthium funnel-shaped, glabrous, petaloid floral scales 4, membranous, pale.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Gnidia galpini world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831751-1
WFO ID wfo-0000704816
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Synonyms

Gnidia galpini