Gnidia strigillosa Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

A dwarf shrub, branched from the base; branches erect, slender, pubescent; leaves opposite, linear-oblong, acute, 5 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, with long straight scattered hairs when young; flowers few at the apex of the branches; calyx densely long-hairy outside; tube 4 lin. long; ovoid below, cylindrical above; lobes oblong, acute, the outer 2 lin. long, the inner rather shorter; petals 8, short, subulate; anthers small; style 2.5 lin. long; stigma small.
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Shrublet to 15 cm. Leaves opposite, linear-oblong, glabrescent. Flowers paired at branch tips, cream-coloured, hypanthium densely silky, petaloid floral scales 8, awl-shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Usage

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Distribution

Gnidia strigillosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831911-1
WFO ID wfo-0000704997
COL ID 3GMMQ
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Gnidia strigillosa Gnidia caffra