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Gnidia meyeri Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Branches slender, terete, glabrous, ascending, leaf-scars distant, not very prominent; leaves sessile or subsessile, alternate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 4-6 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, glabrous, nerves inconspicuous; heads terminal, up to 8-flowered; calyx 8-12 lin. long, yellow (Meisner), glabrous; tube slightly widened upwards; lobes 2.5 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, subacute; petals 8, membranous, lanceolate, 1.5 lin. long, slightly hairy; upper anthers exserted; ovary oblong, hairy at the apex; style nearly as long as the calyx-tube; stigma capitate.
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Spreading, slender shrublet, up to 0.8 m tall. Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, involucral leaves similar. Flowers few-8 at branch tips, pale yellow to yellow-green, hypanthium minutely hairy, petaloid floral scales 8, membranous.
Spreading, slender shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate; involucral leaves similar. Flowers few-8 at branch tips, pale yellow to yellow-green, hypanthium minutely hairy, petaloid floral scales 8, membranous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Gnidia meyeri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831810-1
WFO ID wfo-0000704885
COL ID 3GMJN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gnidia meyeri Gnidia meyeri var. pilosa
WorldFloraDB 2024