Gnidia gymnostachya Gilg

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub, 300-400 mm high; many stemmed; greyish silky, appressed hairy. Leaves opposite; sessile; blade narrowly linear-ovate or oblong, 15-17 x 3-4 mm, apex acute. Flowers: in terminal, ebracteate spikes; peduncle absent; petals absent; calyx with tube 3.03.5 mm long, hairy on outer surface, reddish brown; Oct.-Mar.
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Undershrub, 300-400 mm tall. Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate or oblong, acute, hairy. Flowers in terminal spikes. Bracts absent. Petals absent. Flowers reddish brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Fumitory (unspecified), Headache (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gnidia gymnostachya world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831767-1
WFO ID wfo-0000704834
COL ID 3GMH9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arthrosolen gymnostachys Gnidia gymnostachya Passerina gymnostachya