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Struthiola confusa

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Name

Identification
Struthiola confusa C.H.Wright [family THYMELAEACEAE ] (stored under name); Struthiola angustifolia Lam. [family THYMELAEACEAE ]
Related name
  • Struthiola striata
  • Struthiola erecta
  • Struthiola ciliata
  • Struthiola angustifolia
  • Struthiola confusa
  • Struthiola virgata

Flora

Entry for STRUTHIOLA confusa C. H. Wright [family THYMELAEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 1, (1925) Author: (By C. H. WRIGHT.)
Names
STRUTHIOLA confusa C. H. Wright [family THYMELAEACEAE]
Information
erect, much-branched from the base; branches at first pilose; leaves linear-lanceolate, 3 lin. long, obtuse, tipped with a bunch of hairs, ciliate, soon glabrescent; flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves; bracteoles 1 3/4 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, ciliate; calyx-tube sparingly pubescent, 6 lin. long, gradually widened upwards; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1 1/2 lin. long, 3/4 lin. wide; petals 8, half as long as the calyx-lobes, surrounding hairs of equal length; anthers with blunt shortly produced connective; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform; stigma penicillate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Tulbagh Div.; mountains near the waterfall, 1200 ft., Bolus, 5263! Pappe! Witzen Berg, behind Steendahl, 2000 ft., Bolus, 5378! Cape Div.; beyond Raapenberg Vley, Woolley-Dod, 340!
Notes
This species resembles S. erecta, Linn., but differs in having a pubescent calyx with obtuse lobes.

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