Aizoon glinoides L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Aizooideae > Aizoon > Aizoon subg. Aizoon

Characteristics

Herb, succulent, 0.15-0.60 m high; prostrate, branches in one plane, stems covered with long, erect spreading hairs. Leaves alternate, obovate, broadly elliptical, densely hairy when young but partly glabrescent; petioles shorter than blade. Flowers bisexual, solitary in axils, bright yellow. Perianth: outer segments acute or acuminate, inner segments wider, mucronate, hairs outside. Flowering time Jan., Dec. Fruit a depressed-pentagonal capsule, smooth above, pale-coloured. Seeds concentric ridges broken or replaced, black.
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Flowers apparently axillary. Like A. rigidum but with silky, spreading hairs, and capsules smooth above.
A herb. The flowers are in the axils of the leaves.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry stony flats.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible leaves
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Distribution

Aizoon glinoides world distribution map, present in Botswana and South Africa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0000524812
COL ID BDF9
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Synonyms

Aizoon glinoides Aizoon hirsutum