Species Thesium pubescens
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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 pubescens:
From the Latin pubescens meaning ‘downy’ with short soft hairs
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Esp. Nouv. Thes. 7 (1857)
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Year published:
1857
Observations of Taxon
Thesium pubescens
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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