Species Thesium scandens
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium scandens.
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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 scandens:
From the Latin scando meaning 'climbing or sprawling'
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Protologue:
Prodr. (DC.) 14: 661
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium scandens.