Gnidia virescens Wikstr.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Gnidia

Characteristics

Leaves opposite, (8)10–25(35) × 3–6(10) mm, narrowly elliptic to ovate, obtuse or sometimes acute at the apex, obtuse to cuneate at the base, pilose on both surfaces, 3–5-nerved.
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Calyx tube 10–18 mm long, gradually widening above, densely white pilose; lobes 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm, ovate to narrowly ovate, acute or sometimes obtuse, pilose, glabrous inside.
Ovary puberulous at the top, c. 2 mm long; style slender, 7–12 mm long; stigma subcapitate.
Inflorescences of 4–8 flowers in a terminal or sometimes lateral head.
Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, the upper exserted; anthers c. 1.5 mm long.
Flowers 4-merous, cream or yellow, sessile or subsessile.
Branches slender, somewhat pendulous, densely pilose.
Petals 8, narrowly ovate, 0.5–1 mm long.
Graceful shrub 0.5–4 m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 3.66
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Gnidia virescens world distribution map, present in Mozambique and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831939-1
WFO ID wfo-0000705028
COL ID 3GMG3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gnidia denudata Gnidia virescens Gnidia imbricata var. denudata Gnidia virescens