Species Thesium affine
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium affine.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Thesium:
Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
Etymology of affine:
From the Latin affinis meaning ‘related to’, 'near to', 'resembling' or 'neigbouring'
Scientific name:
Thesium affine Schltr.
Etymology source:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 115 (1899)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1899
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium affine.