Struthiola rigida Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Struthiola

Characteristics

Branches slender, densely leafy, terete, puberulous, leaf-scars prominent; leaves opposite, at first imbricate, finally spreading, rigid, lanceolate, rather acute, convex on the back, 3-5 lin. long, 2/3-1 lin. wide, contracted at the base, densely ciliate on the involute margins, otherwise glabrous; flowers glabrous, 8-9 lin. long; calyx-tube dilated in the throat; lobes ovate-oblong, 1 lin. long; petals 12, yellow, twice as long as the surrounding hairs.
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Shrublet to 50 cm with crisped-hairy branches. Leaves alternate, imbricate, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, subacute, ciliate. Flowers axillary, yellow, scales as long as or shorter 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) 0.5
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
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Distribution

Struthiola rigida world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832920-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142450
COL ID 536SB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Belvala rigida Struthiola rigida Struthiola galpinii