WorldFloraDB - Laxmannia compacta

Characteristics

Prostrate to stilted spreading herb to 10 cm tall. Leaves spreading or decurved, acute, 4-51 mm long; sheath scarious, 2.5-11 mm long. Inflorescence 7-11-flowered; peduncle erect, 17-85 mm long; outer bracts 4-8, oblong-ovate, 2-4 mm long, pink-brown; inner bracts 2-4 mm long, irregularly fringed, white. Flowers white aging pink, or pink. Sepals 3-4 mm long. Petals 3-5 mm long, loosely tubular with recurved obtuse apices. Stamens 2-4 mm long. Ovules 9.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

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

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Grows in sand or sandstone soil.

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Usage

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

Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930695-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000687070
COL ID	3SNVB
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Laxmannia compacta

WorldFloraDB 2024

Laxmannia compacta Conran & P.I.Forst.

Species