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Lampranthus spectabilis (Haw.) N.E.Br.

Lampranthe (fr), Lampranthe admirable (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Lampranthus

Characteristics

Bushy shrub. Stems sprawling to erect, glabrous, terete, reddish brown; branches erect. Lvs glaucous with pale dots, not papillate, subterete to weakly 3-angled, linear, acute, curving upwards, tapered to shortly connate lf-base, 10-20-(30) × 3-5 mm, 3-5 mm thick; keel smooth and rounded throughout. Fls 1-7-(10) in terminal cymes, 50-60 mm diam. Calyx glabrous; sepals 8-15 mm long. Petals spreading, pinkish purple above, paler beneath without median stripe, 15-30 mm long. Stamens 2-6 mm long; filaments white, hairy at base; anthers pale yellow. Capsule c. 1 cm diam. Seeds not seen.
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Flowers pink, magenta or white. Plants prostrate, trailing and frequently rooting at nodes. Robust, spreading shrublet, with short shoots from leaf axils. Leaves sharply trigonous, 10-25 x 2-4 mm. Flowers 1-3 in groups, rose-magenta, to 60 mm diam. Fruits to 18 mm diam.
Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.3 m high, branches angular and purple when young becoming terete and brown with age. Leaves trigonous, glaucous. Flowers solitary, bright purple. Flowering time spring to early summer. Capsules not known.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

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
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lampranthus spectabilis unspecified picture

Distribution

Lampranthus spectabilis world distribution map, present in New Zealand and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001293452
COL ID 3S3TP
BDTFX ID 37557
INPN ID 104924
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum spectabile Lampranthus spectabilis Lampranthus spectabilis subsp. spectabilis
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