young shoot icon Home All plants About

Struthiola hirsuta Wikstr.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

An erect shrub, 4-5 ft. high (Burchell); branches virgate, hirsute; leaves elliptic, acute, 3 lin. long, 1.5 lin. wide, imbricate, glabrous above, hirsute below; bracteoles 1.5 lin. long, oblong; flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves in the upper half of the branches, fragrant (Burchell); calyx white, glabrous; tube 5 lin. long, slender, slightly increasing in diameter upwards; lobes ovate, acute, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 8, oblong, seated in a ring of bristles; anthers oblong; ovary clavate.
More
Shrub or dwarf shrub, 0.3-1.8 m high, with stiffly hairy branches. Leaves alternate, densely appressed-hairy to glabrous beneath, ciliate. Flowers axillary, white, scented. Petaloid floral glands ovoid, longer than perigonal hairs. Flowering time Oct.-Aug.
Shrub to 2 m with stiffly hairy branches. Leaves alternate, densely adpressed-hairy to glabrous beneath, ciliate. Flowers axillary, white, scented, scales ovoid, longer than perigonal hairs.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.22 - 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Struthiola hirsuta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832879-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142435
COL ID 536R8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Struthiola epacridioides Struthiola hirsuta Struthiola pentheri Struthiola grandis Belvala hirsuta
WorldFloraDB 2024