Species Muraltia filiformis
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Muraltia:
After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
Etymology of filiformis:
From the Latin fili / filum meaning ‘thread’; and the Latin formis / formis meaning ‘in the form of’.
Scientific name:
Muraltia filiformis (Thunb.) DC.
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Protologue:
Prodr. (DC.) 1: 337 (1824)
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Year published:
1824
Slender, glabrous subshrub to 30 cm, branching mainly at the base. Leaves sessile, solitary or fascicled, needle-like to linear-lanceolate, apiculate. Flowers sessile, axillary, usually pink. Capsules with slender horns. Sept.--Dec. Sandstone slopes, often damp sites, SW, AP (Cape Peninsula to Agulhas).
Observations of Taxon
Muraltia filiformis
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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