WorldFloraDB - Delosperma litorale

Characteristics

Stems rooting at older nodes, prostrate, mat-forming, glabrous. Leaves crowded on short shoots; blade gray-green, white-mar-gined, linear, 3-angled in cross section, 2-3 × 0.5-0.6 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences axillary or terminal cymes; pedicel to 20 mm. Flowers 3-7(-16), 15-22 mm diam.; calyx lobes keeled abaxially, 3-4 mm, apex obtuse, 3 lobes with papery margins; petals white, 8-10 mm; nectary glands distinct; stamens distinct, conic around stigmas; filament bases usually hairy; ovules 100; stigmas 5, caudate, papillate adaxially. Capsules 5-loculed. Seeds: mature seeds not observed. 2n = 18.

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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.15 m high, glaucous, branches decumbent. Leaves subfalcate, triquetrous, margins white, apex acute, mucronate, epidermis smooth. Flowers solitary to 3-nate, white. Flowering time late summer to autumn. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge.

Plants sprawling or prostrate. Decumbent shrublet to 15 cm, with trailing stems to 35 cm long. Leaves spreading, subfalcate with white margins. Flowers in threes on pedicels to 20 mm long, white. Fruits unknown.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

-

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.09 - 0.1

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	10 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°)	23
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	-
WFO ID	wfo-0000639539
COL ID	6CHFV
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Delosperma litorale Mesembryanthemum litorale

WorldFloraDB 2024

Delosperma litorale (Kensit) L.Bolus

Seaside delosperma (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Delosperma