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Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Lampranthus

Characteristics

Bushy shrublet. Stems decumbent, glabrous, terete, reddish brown when young, grey with age; branches erect. Lvs glaucous distally, green at base, reddish on margins and keel, papillate with small reddish dots, 3-angled, narrowly triangular, acute, broadest at shortly connate lf-base, 14-16 × c. 5 mm, c. 4 mm thick; keel crenulate distally. Fls solitary, 45-60 mm diam. Calyx glabrous; sepals 10 mm long. Petals spreading, golden yellow above, lemon yellow beneath without median stripe, 15-30 mm long. Stamens 2-6 mm long; filaments yellow, glabrous; anthers pale yellow. Capsule c. 1 cm diam. Seeds orange-brown, obovoid, rugulose, c. 1 mm long.
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Erect shrub to 30 cm high. Branches terete, grey; branchlets reddish. Leaves acute, 9–14 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, dark-green or glaucous, the surface densely dotted giving leaf edges a denticulate appearance; keel sharply acute. Flowers yellow, 4–5 cm diam.; pedicels 9–21 mm long.
Plants erect, rarely rooting at nodes. Erect shrublet to 20 cm. Leaves fused basally, compressed-trigonous, rough, grey pruinose, 15-30 mm long. Flowers stalked, solitary, golden-yellow to lemon-yellow, rarely cream-coloured, to 30 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity dark
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Images

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Distribution

Lampranthus glaucus world distribution map, present in Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and South Africa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001293350
COL ID 3S3Q3
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum brachyphyllum Mesembryanthus glaucus Mesembryanthemum glaucum Lampranthus glaucus Lampranthus glaucus var. glaucus Lampranthus glaucus var. tortuosus Mesembryanthemum glaucum var. tortuosum
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