Limeum argutecarinatum Wawra

Species

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Characteristics

Annual herb, ± 0.3 m high. Leaves lanceolate to linear-oblong. Inflorescences terminal, umbelliform cymes, multiflowered. Flowers with pedicels ± 2 mm long; whitish, small. Perianth segments 5, broadly ovate, green-keeled with membranous, narrow wing. Stamens 7; filaments broadened and fimbriate below. Staminodes present. Flowering time June? Mericarps 1.0-1.5 mm in diam., reniform to hemispherical, much smaller than perianth; dark brown to almost black when mature; surface irregular to net-honeycombed or shortly tuberculate, basal auricles absent.
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Spreading annual, with prostrate stems. Leaves alternate, oblong-to linear-lanceolate. Flowers in dense, terminal, umbel-like clusters, white with green keel, pedicels ± 2 mm long. Mericarp never winged, ± hemispherical, with pits outlined by sharply scalloped and pointed ridges, blackish. After rain.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Limeum argutecarinatum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:362393-1
WFO ID wfo-0000443709
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Synonyms

Limeum argutecarinatum Limeum linifolium var. polygonoides

Lower taxons

Limeum argutecarinatum var. kwebense