Thesium karooicum Compton

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Thesium

Characteristics

Fruticulus sarmentosus, copiose foliosus, caulibus foliisque minute scaberulis. Caulis foliorum basibus decurrentibus jugosus. Folia juvenia erecto-patentia carinata, matura squarrosa crasse subulata acuta mucronulata, long. 1 1/2-2 1/2 lin., lat. 1/2 lin. Inflorescentia terminalis spica condensata globularis, diam. ad 1/2 in. Bracteae long. 2-3 lin., lat. 1/2 lin.; bracteolae parum angustiores, fere flores aequales, glabrae, marginibus minute scaberulis. Perianthium tubo long. 2 lin., segmentis lanceolatis long. 1/2 lin., marginibus copiose barbatis. Capilli in perianthii superificie ad antheras perleviter adhaerentes. Antherae long. 1/3 lin., in filamentis long. 1/6 lin. dorsifixae, inclusae. Stylus long. 1 1/2 lin. Stigma capitellata.
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Much-branched, pilose to scabrid, densely leafy, hemiparasitic shrublet to 35 cm. Leaves squarrose, fleshy, terete. Flowers whitish.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Thesium karooicum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780922-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134387
COL ID 56FGM
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Synonyms

Thesium karooicum