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Struthiola argentea Lehm.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.3-2.0 m high, with appressed-hairy branches. Leaves opposite, imbricate, elliptic to suborbicular, sometimes narrowly elliptic, faintly ribbed below, white-ciliate. Flowers axillary, yellow, sometimes reddish orange. Petaloid floral glands ovoid, longer than perigonal hairs. Flowering time Mar.-Dec.
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Scent, slender, 10 lin. long; lobes suborbicular, obtuse, 1.25 lin. in diam.; petals 12, nearly 1 lin. long, surrounded by hairs 4 lin. long; anthers oblong with prolonged acute connective; ovary 4 lin. long, oblong, glabrous; style lateral near the apex, filiform.
Shrub to 2 m with adpressed-hairy branches. Leaves opposite, imbricate, elliptic to suborbicular, sometimes narrowly elliptic, faintly ribbed below, white-ciliate. Flowers axillary, yellow, sometimes reddish orange, scales ovoid, longer than perigonal hairs.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.15 - 2.0
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 4-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Struthiola argentea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832836-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142418
COL ID 536Q8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Struthiola formosa Belvala argentea Struthiola argentea Struthiola dregeana Struthiola argentea var. laxior
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