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Struthiola martiana Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Branches long, slender, pubescent; leaves alternate, imbricate, lanceolate, acute, semiamplexicaul, 5-6 lin. long, 1-1.25 lin. wide, sparingly pilose, ciliate, at length glabrous; bracteoles small, narrowly linear, obtuse, ciliate; calyx 9-10 lin. long; tube slender, rather pilose, campanulate above; lobes oblong, acute; petals 12, twice as long as the surrounding hairs.
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Shrub, up to 2 m high, with silky branches. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic, striate below, silky when young, later sparsely hairy and pustulate. Flowers axillary, white or pinkish. Hypanthium softly hairy to almost glabrous. Petaloid floral scales linear, as long as or shorter than perigonal hairs. Flowering time May-Jan.
Shrub to 2 m with silky branches. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic, striate below, silky when young, later sparsely hairy and pustulate. Flowers axillary, white or pinkish; hypanthium softly hairy to almost glabrous, scales linear, as long as 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) 2.0
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Distribution

Struthiola martiana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832900-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142441
COL ID 536RT
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Synonyms

Struthiola fourcadei Struthiola martiana Struthiola leiosiphon Belvala martiana
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