Manostachya staelioides (K.Schum.) Bremek.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Manostachya

Characteristics

Flowers distinctly bracteolate, solitary or few in the axils, sessile or pedicels to about 0.5 mm. or sometimes falsely pedicellate by reduction and stalk up to 1 cm. long; the nodes well separated and forming spike-like inflorescences 10–20 cm. long.
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Corolla white sometimes with pink-tipped lobes; tube 1.5–2 x 1.5 mm., shortly cylindrical, glabrous inside; lobes ovate, 1–2 x 0.9–1.2 mm., densely pilose inside.
Woody-based Thesium-like herb with several erect glabrous branched stems (15)20–45 cm. tall, the stems below the lateral branches essentially leafless.
Style 2–2.5 mm. long in long-styled flowers, 0.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers; stigmatic lobes ovoid, 0.3 mm. long.
Leaves 2–6(15) x scarcely 0.5 mm., linear-subulate, glabrous or with margins ± ciliolate towards the base.
Capsule subglobose, about 2 mm. long including the elevated beak which is about j the total.
Calyx tube glabrous; lobes 0.5–1.5 mm. long.
Stipular sheath very short.
Seeds 0.6 mm. long.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Manostachya staelioides world distribution map, present in Angola, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:755812-1
WFO ID wfo-0000236019
COL ID 736KC
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Synonyms

Oldenlandia staelioides Manostachya staelioides Oldenlandia staelioides f. major