Species Thesium hispidum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium hispidum.
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 hispidum:
From the Latin hispidus = ‘rough’ or 'with bristles'
Scientific name:
Thesium hispidum Schltr.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 452 (1897)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1897
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium hispidum.