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Thesium leptocaule Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Thesium

Characteristics

Twiggy shrublet, hemiparasite, up to 0.4 m high. Leaves of two kinds: basal leaves acicular up to 4 mm long; upper leaves scale-like, ovate-lanceolate ± 2 mm long, apex acute, dark. Inflorescences small, cymose clusters. Bracts ovate with membranous, serrulate margins. Flowers greenish yellow. Perianth with tube absent; segments 0.9 mm long, outer surface humped. Disc prominent. Flowering time July-Mar. Fruit ovoid, ± 3 mm long including persistent perianth, greyish brown; 10-ribbed with reticulation between ribs.
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Fruticulosum, pedale, paniculato-ramosum glabrum, ramis attenuatis, ramulis abbreviatis, foliia minutis (1/2 lin longis) squamaeformibus subulatis adpressis in ramulis approximatis, floribus paucis minutis in apice ramulorum laxe spicatis, bracteis ovatis cuspidato-acuminatis basi membranaceo marginatis ciliolatis, exteriore breviore apice patula florem non aequante, perigonii limbo campanulato lobis cucullatis supra glabris, nuce ovata (1 lin longa) striata rugulosa.
Like T. nigromontanum but flowers without visible external glands.
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Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Soil texture 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Thesium leptocaule world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780934-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134390
COL ID 56FH2
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Synonyms

Rhinostegia brevifolia Linosyris brevifolia Thesium leptocaule Thesium brevifolium
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