Limeum arenicolum G.Schellenb.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Limeaceae > Limeum

Characteristics

Annual herb; viscid, glandular-pubescent. Stems procumbent, spreading. Leaves petiolate; blade obovate to broadly ovate, 5-28 x 4-18 mm; petioles up to 12 mm long, enlarged at base. Flowers: inflorescences axillary, subsessile, many-flowered; perianth greenish white; Oct-Apr. Fruit with mericarps truncate-turbinate, auricles furrowed.
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Leaves alternate, subsucculent, petiolate; laminas 5–28 × 4–18 mm., obovate to broadly obovate or almost circular, cuneate at the base and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, entire, rather glandular-pubescent on both sides; petiole up to 12 mm. long.
Mericarps larger than perianth-segments, conical, truncate, ridged radially with 2 furrowed auricles at base.
Perianth-segments 5, up to 2–5 mm. long, unequal, broadly ovate with membranous pink edges.
Viscid glandular-pubescent annual herb with prostrate or creeping ± sulcate stems.
Inflorescence axillary, subsessile, many-flowered, dense.
Flowers greenish-white, shortly pedicellate.
Staminodes nil.
Ovary 2-lobed.
Stamens (5)7.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Distribution

Limeum arenicolum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676257-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292854
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Synonyms

Limeum arenicolum