Gnidia squarrosa
Common names
Gnidia, yellow daphne
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Cream, Yellow
Detailed description
A shrub, up to 1m high, of variable habit; branches sometimes long and simple, at others short and corymbosely or racemosely arranged, pilose when young, leaf-scars small, but rather prominent; leaves alternate, closely placed, 4-6 x 0.5-0.8 mm. linear-lanceolate, subacute, 1-nerved, flat or slightly keeled, quite glabrous; flowers in clusters of 6-many at the ends of the branches; calyx pilose; tube 3-6 mm long, narrowly ovoid and strongly ribbed in the lower half, narrowly funneliform above; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1.9-2.8 x 0.6-1.2 mm; petals 8, half as long as the lobes, anther-like, shortly stalked, emarginate; anthers 0.9-1.0 mm long; ovary oblong, compressed, hairy at the apex; style of variable length; stigma capitate. null
Distribution
Exotic. Known as a garden escape from Whanganui. Occasionally sold and grown as a ornamental. Native to South Africa
Habitat
Garden escape. Self seeding freely near parent plants in garden in Whanganui
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Gnidia polystachya P.J.Bergius, Gnidia polystachya P.J.Bergius var. congesta C.H.Wright
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Propagation technique
Occasionally cultivated as an ornamental in New Zealand. Plants mostly grown from cuttings.
Other information
Etymology
gnidia: Named after the genus Gnidia which is also in the Thymelaeaceae family. Gnidia is named after Gnidus, a town in Crete.
squarrosa: Rough, with scale-like projections; from the Latin squarrosus; leaves and leaf stalks
Referencing and citations
Attribution
Fact Sheet Prepared for NZPCN by: P.J. de Lange (3 October 2012).
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Gnidia squarrosa Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/gnidia-squarrosa/ (Date website was queried)