Struthiola fasciata C.H.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Fasciculately branched; branches densely woolly when young, leaf-scars not very prominent; leaves opposite, linear, 3.5 lin. long, 0.3 lin. wide, obtuse; flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves and just protruded from them; bracts lanceolate, acute, very densely woolly on the margins; bracteoles 1 lin. long, 0.1 lin. wide, woolly on the margins; calyx-tube 3.5 lin. long, pubescent; lobes ovate, acute, 1 lin. long, 0.67 lin. wide; petals 12, oblong, subacute, slightly longer than the surrounding hairs; anthers apiculate; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform; stigma small.
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Slender shrublet to 60 cm with crisped-woolly branches. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, blunt, slightly keeled below, white-ciliate. Flowers axillary, cream-coloured or yellow, scales linear, slightly longer than perigonal hairs.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Struthiola fasciata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832860-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142430
COL ID 536QT
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Synonyms

Struthiola fasciata