Species Thesium leptostachyum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium leptostachyum.
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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 leptostachyum:
From the Greek leptos = "thin / slender" and stachys = "spike / ear of corn", referring to a thin flower inflorescence
Scientific name:
Thesium leptostachyum A. DC.
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Protologue:
Esp. Nouv. Thes. 6 (1857)
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Year published:
1857
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium leptostachyum.