Species Thesium congestum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium congestum.
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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 congestum:
From the Latin congestus = 'congested' or 'crowded together'
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 461 (1933)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1933
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium congestum.