Gnidia parvula Wolley-dod

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Dwarf, branched from the base; branches up to 4 in. long, virgate, glabrous; leaves alternate or subopposite, longer than the internodes, sessile or very shortly petioled, erect, narrowly lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 1-nerved, 3-5 lin. long, 0.5-1 lin. wide; flowers 6-8 in an apical cluster; calyx sparingly hairy outside; tube 4 lin. long, ovoid below, cylindrical above, slender; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long; petals 8, oblong, as long as the lobes; anthers small; ovary compressed, glabrous; style 2.5 lin. long; stigma capitate.
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Shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves scattered, narrowly lanceolate; involucral leaves similar. Flowers 6-8 at branch tips, yellowish, hypanthium sparsely hairy, petaloid floral scales 8, oblong, as long as sepals.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Gnidia parvula world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831843-1
WFO ID wfo-0000704917
COL ID 3GMKM
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Synonyms

Gnidia parvula