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Hedyotis thymifolia

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Identification
Hedyotis thymifolia Ruíz & Pav. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Kohautia lasiocarpa
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  • Hedyotis thymifolia

Flora

Entry for HEDYOTIS thymifolia Presl [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
HEDYOTIS thymifolia Presl [family RUBIACEAE], ! Bot. Bemerk. p. 85
HEDYOTIS thymifolia E. Mey. [family RUBIACEAE], in Herb. Dr. a, c. non. b.
Information
suffruticose, scabrous; branches erect, quadrangular; leaves linear, acute, with revolute margins; bristles of stipules 2, setaceous; panicle 2–3-chotomous, many-flowered; flowers sessile and pedicellate; teeth of the calyx as long as the tube; corolla with a very long tube and oblong lobes; fruit subglobose, papillate-scabrous. 1–1 1/2 foot high; stem, branches, leaves, pedicels, and calyx scabrous from minute, acute tubercles. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 1 line broad. Bristles of the stipules as long or longer than the membrane. Pedicels 3–4 times longer than the fruit. Corolla 7–8 lines long. Capsule the size of a small pea, crowned by the subulate calyx-lobes.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA On the Zwartkops. and the Garip, Drege; Vaalriver and Taba Uncha, Zeyh. 757; Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Rev. H. Whitehead. Sept.—Dec. (Herb. Sd., D.)

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