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Mesembryanthemum bicorne Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Mesembryanthemoideae > Mesembryanthemum > Mesembryanthemum subg. Mesembryanthemum > Mesembryanthemum sect. Juncea

Characteristics

Perennial, prostrate, dwarf shrublet, with a cluster of short stems in the centre, up to 0.05 m high, stems articulate. Leaves free with short mucro, bladder cells flattened, often reduced, dried up or deciduous, stems taking over photosynthetic role. Flowers in few-to many-flowered cymes, white. Flowering time Oct., Nov. Capsules 5-locular, valve wings inflexed over valves.
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Prostrate, succulent shrub, with a cluster of short stems in centre and long, trailing, flowering shoots, stems smooth. Leaves deciduous, subcylindrical, free from each other to base, with a short apical mucro. Flowers few together in a dichasium or solitary on side shoots, up to 15 mm diam., white, filamentous staminodes conically arranged. Fruit 5-locular.
Leaves slender and rounded. Stems with at least partly persistent, green, succulent stems. Perennial, prostrate with cluster of short branches in centre and long, trailing, flowering shoots. Flowers few, white. Fruits 5-locular.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.05
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Mesembryanthemum bicorne world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000371317
COL ID 3ZYCB
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum micranthum Mesembryanthemum bicorne Psilocaulon bicorne
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