Crenidium spinescens Haegi

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Crenidium

Characteristics

Rounded, intricately branched shrub to 1.7 m. Branches spinescent, tomentose with non-glandular dendritic hairs, glabrescent. Leaves present only on immature parts, scattered, narrowly elliptic to linear, sessile, 3–10 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, tomentose, entire, the margins slightly recurved. Pedicels 1–3 mm long. Calyx 1.3–2 mm long, tomentose; lobes minute. Corolla 2.5–4 mm long, tomentose outside; lobes ovate to broadly ovate, 1.5–2.5 mm long. Stamens and style much exserted. Capsule ovoid, 4–4.5 mm long. Seeds 3.5–4 mm long.
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Distribution

Crenidium spinescens world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:897479-1
WFO ID wfo-0001021065
COL ID ZCHW
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Synonyms

Crenidium spinescens