Gnidia gossweileri (S.Moore) B.Peterson

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves alternate, sessile, erect; lamina 5–17 × 0.5–1.5 mm, narrowly linear to elliptic, acuminate, glabrous or ciliate when young, becoming glabrous.
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Bracts 2–4, 3–5 × 0.5–1 mm, elliptic to narrowly ovate, acute to acuminate, membranous or scarious, villous inside, margins ciliate, brownish.
Calyx tube 3.5–6 mm long, glabrous, articulated; lobes 1 × 0.3–0.5 mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous.
Flowers 4-merous, crimson outside, yellow inside; pedicel short, villous, hairs to 2 mm long.
Inflorescences (1)2–11-flowered heads, sessile in axils of leaves.
Stamens sessile or subsessile; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm long, included.
Branches glabrous to tangled hairy above; bark brownish.
Ovary 1–2 mm long, glabrous; style 1–2 mm long.
Fastigiate shrub or undershrub, 20–60 cm tall.
Petals minute or absent.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77076076-1
WFO ID wfo-0000507327
COL ID 3GMH6
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Synonyms

Gnidia gossweileri Arthrosolen gossweileri Arthrosolen microcephala Gnidia gossweileri subsp. gossweileri

Lower taxons

Gnidia gossweileri subsp. petersonii