Dicrocaulon nodosum (A.Berger) N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Dicrocaulon

Characteristics

Dense, spherical, succulent shrub, with very slender stems, up to 400 mm tall, 300 mm diam. Leaf-pairs dissimilar in shape, papillate, first leaf-pair of a season 3-6 mm long, 2-5 mm diam., on short-shoots only half the size, second and following leaf-pairs uniform, up to 28 mm long, 3-4 mm diam. Flowers with 4 sepals, petals nearly filiform, often ± curled, 18-20 mm diam. Fruit mostly 4-9-locular.
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Distribution

Dicrocaulon nodosum world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000646270
COL ID 35TTG
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum nodosum Dicrocaulon nodosum Dicrocaulon pearsonii Monilaria nodosa