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Struthiola eckloniana Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Branches virgate, glabrous, with the leaf-scars rather distant and only slightly prominent; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 6 lin. long, about 1 lin. wide, glabrous; flowers borne in the axils of leaves for some distance down the stem; bracteoles 3 lin. long, oblong, acuminate, glabrous; calyx-tube glabrous, 11 lin. long, 0.25 lin. wide; lobes lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 0.5 lin. wide; petals 8, 0.5 lin. long, subulate shorter than the surrounding hairs; anthers oblong, shortly apiculate; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 7 lin. long; stigma penicillate.
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Shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.3-2.0 m high, with tetragonal, glabrous or sparsely appressed-hairy branches. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acute. Flowers axillary, twice as long as leaves, white, cream-coloured, pink or sometimes yellow, scales linear, longer or shorter than perigonal hairs. Flowering time all year.
Shrub to over 2 m with tetragonal, glabrous or sparsely adpressed-hairy branches. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acute. Flowers axillary, twice as long as leaves, white, cream-coloured, pink or sometimes yellow, scales linear, longer or shorter 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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Distribution

Struthiola eckloniana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832852-1
WFO ID wfo-0001282287
COL ID 536QL
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Synonyms

Struthiola eckloniana Belvala eckloniana
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