Struthiola ericoides C.H.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Branches at first densely pubescent and with short internodes, finally glabrous and with slightly prominent leaf-scars; leaves strictly 4-ranked, oblong, 2.5 lin. long, 0.67 lin. wide, obtuse, ciliate when young; flowers axillary in the upper part of the stem; bracteoles 0.5 lin. long, lanceolate, obtuse, midrib thick, margins membranous, ciliate; calyx-tube glabrous, 4.5 lin. long, slightly widening upwards; lobes ovate, 1 lin. long, 0.75 lin. wide, obtuse; petals 8, about half as long as the calyx-lobes, thick, slightly longer than the surrounding hairs; anthers with pointed connective; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 3 lin. long; stigma penicillate.
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Erect shrub to 80 cm with stiffly hairy, tetragonal branches. Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic, at first ciliate, faintly striate below. Flowers axillary, deep yellow to red, scales ovoid, as long as the white, perigonal hairs.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 3-6
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Distribution

Struthiola ericoides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832858-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142429
COL ID 536QS
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Synonyms

Struthiola ericoides