Heliophila namaquensis (Marais) Al-shehbaz & Mumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Heliophila

Characteristics

Annual herbs 15-35 cm high, branched in the upper part; stems and branches minutely puberulous. Leaves 3-10 cm long, pectinately 3-9 lobed, the lobes broadly linear, acute, puberulous. Racemes soon lengthening, lax in fruit. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long, 0.8-1 mm broad, puberulous or glabrous, membranous-margined; the inner 2 slightly saccate. Petals 2-3.5 mm long, 1.3-1.8 mm broad, obovate, rounded, cuneate. Filaments of the short stamens with minute appendages. Anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long. Fruiting pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, wide-spreading, very slender. Siliculae 1-1.3 cm long, 0.8-1 cm broad, subcircular or subcircular-obovate, compressed, pendulous; valves 1-nerved, thin, finely but conspicuously reticulately veined at maturity. Seeds 4.7-5 mm in diameter, circular, broadly winged with a narrow sinus.
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Purplish tinged annual, 150-350 mm tall, stems and branches minutely hairy. Leaves pinnatifid, 30-100 mm long, 3-9-lobed. Flowers small, white. Fruit ± orbicular to obovate, 8-10 mm across, pendulous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Distribution

Heliophila namaquensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60439895-2
WFO ID wfo-0001034887
COL ID 3KBV7
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Heliophila namaquensis Thlaspeocarpa namaquensis