Struthiola confusa C.H.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Erect, much-branched from the base; branches at first pilose; leaves linear-lanceolate, 3 lin. long, obtuse, tipped with a bunch of hairs, ciliate, soon glabrescent; flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves; bracteoles 1.75 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, ciliate; calyx-tube sparingly pubescent, 6 lin. long, gradually widened upwards; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1.5 lin. long, 0.75 lin. wide; petals 8, half as long as the calyx-lobes, surrounding hairs of equal length; anthers with blunt shortly produced connective; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform; stigma penicillate.
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Slender shrublet to 60 cm with tetragonal branches. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, subacute, sparsely ciliate. Flowers axillary, cream-coloured or pink, hypanthium sparsely adpressed-hairy, scales oblong, as long as perigonal hairs.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Struthiola confusa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832846-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142425
COL ID 536QG
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Synonyms

Struthiola confusa