Thymelaea tartonraira
Thymelaea tartonraira
Ezentere
subsp. argentea
Dioecious, rarely polygamodioecious, 20-60 cm shrub. Leaves sessile, sub-coriaceous, spathulate-oblanceolate to narrowly linear-oblanceolate, adpressed-pubescent, yellowish, silvery or grey-sericeous. Flowers axillary, 2-5, often densely crowded along branches. Bracts imbricate, 10-12, sericeous. Perianth 4-6 mm, pale yellow, pubescent or sericeous; lobes 1-2 mm, ovate, acute or obtuse. Fl. 2-5.
1. Mature leaves spathulate-oblanceolate, 10-15 x 3-4 mm var. angustifolia
1. Mature leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate, 20-25 xc. 1.5 mm var, linearifolia