Species Striga bilabiata
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Etymology of Striga:
La. strigo, from stringo = to grasp and hold fast. This word is associated with strigis = furrow, channel; and strix = screech owl, hag and witch. This parasitic plant, known as ‘witchweed’, is a vicious invasive species that seriously damages crop cereals by colonising the underground, and in so doing wipes out crops. The word striga can be used in the sense of rendering victims prematurely aged and weak.
Scientific name:
Striga bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze
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Protologue:
Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 240 (1898)
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1898
Slender hairy hemi-parasitic perennial to 50 cm. Leaves linear. Flowers pink to mauve, calyx 5-ribbed. Nov.--May. Grassland, SE (Knysna to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Striga bilabiata
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Sasa Malan (David)
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Striga bilabiata
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Striga bilabiata
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David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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Striga bilabiata
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Striga bilabiata
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Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
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