Species Thesium gnidiaceum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium gnidiaceum.
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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 gnidiaceum:
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.
Scientific name:
Thesium gnidiaceum A. DC.
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Protologue:
Esp. Nouv. Thes. 7 (1857)
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Year published:
1857
Closely leafy, hemiparasitic shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves ascending, terete, with recurved, white tips. Flowers in dense terminal spikes, white. ?. Sandstone slopes, SW, SE (Caledon Swartberg to Transkei).
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium gnidiaceum.
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