Calicorema squarrosa (Schinz) Schinz

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Calicorema

Characteristics

Rigid, much-branched, sparsely leafy subshrub, ± 0.6 m tall, with ± upright lateral branches, very shortly white-woolly when young. Leaves confined to new growth, alternate, elliptic, 5-19 x 2-4 mm, succulent. Flowers many, in short spikes, tepals densely white-silky on back, stamens reddish.
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Calicorema squarrosa world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59807-1
WFO ID wfo-0000580181
COL ID PJX5
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Synonyms

Calicorema squarrosa Sericocoma squarrosa