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Thesium griseum Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Thesium

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.2-0.3 m high; scabrid-puberulous. Stems erect, leafy, simple or branched, many. Leaves rounded on back; blade linear, 4-10 mm long, apex acute or subacute. Flowers: in dense, terminal spikes; bracts narrowly ovate, ± as long as flowers, not adnate to peduncle; perianth bearded, ± 2 mm long, outer surface glabrous, segments narrowly triangular-ovate, apices subacute with a few long, apical hairs on inside; white; Nov.-Jan. Fruit 1.0-1.5 mm long.
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Suffruticulosum, glabrum, undique punctis minutis glandulosis obsitum, caulibus numerosis 2-4-pellicaribus diffusis, foliis erectis lineari teretiusculis acutis, ramulorum dupIo brevioribus (2 lin longis), racemis spicatis ante anthesin densis comosis (1/2-1 poll longis) evolutis laxioribus, bracteis lanceolatis, lateralibus flore bracteaqae intermedia brevioribus, perigonii tubulosi 5-fidi (1 1/2 lin longi) lobis obtusiusculis barbatis.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Thesium griseum world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780874-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134372
COL ID 56FF3
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Synonyms

Thesium griseum Linosyris grisea
WorldFloraDB 2024