Codon royenii L.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Codon

Characteristics

White-prickly, softly woody, short-lived shrublet, up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves petioled, blade ovate-cuneate, with white prickles. Flowers axillary or in terminal, helicoid cymes, large, corolla ± cylindrical, 25-40 mm long, white to cream-coloured, with yellowish throat and purplish red or greenish stripes. Capsule sparsely tubercled.
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Roughly hairy, softly woody, short-lived shrublet with white prickles, to 1.5 m. Leaves ovate-cuneate, distinctly petioled, white-prickly. Flowers axillary or in terminal, helicoid cymes, large, cream-coloured to yellow with purple stripes. Fruit a sparsely tubercled capsule.
A small shrub. It is softly woody and has white prickles. It grows 1.5 m tall. The leaf stalk and leaves have white prickles. The leaves are oval to wedge shaped. The flowers are cream coloured with purple stripes. The fruit is a capsule with lumps.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry stony slopes.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Images

Codon royenii unspecified picture

Distribution

Codon royenii world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432022-1
WFO ID wfo-0000613993
COL ID WPHS
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Codon royenii Codon aculeatus