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Mesembryanthemum junceum Haw.

Species

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

Characteristics

Perennial, annual or biennial shrublet, up to 0.6 m high, stems articulate, prostrate, decumbent or erect, nodes conspicuous with fine horizontal furrow, bladder cells flattened. Leaves free, without mucro, often reduced, dried up or deciduous, stems taking over photosynthetic role. Flowers solitary to few per terminal or lateral cyme, white or pale to darker pink. Flowering time Oct., Nov. Capsules 4-or 5-locular, valve wings inflexed over valves.
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Erect, often dwarf, succulent shrub, (100-)300-450(-600) mm tall, internodes articulate, smooth. Leaves free from each other, without a mucro. Flowers in dichasia, up to 15 mm diam., white, pink or pale pink; filamentous staminodes conically arranged. Fruit 4-or 5-locular.
Leaves slender and rounded. Stems with at least partly persistent, green, succulent stems. Like M. coriarium but only 15-55 cm and flowers usually larger, to 15 mm diam., white or pink, petals usually broad, to 2 mm.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.53
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses invertebrate food medicinal poison
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Distribution

Mesembryanthemum junceum world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000370002
COL ID 3ZYSM
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum junceum Mesembryanthemum simile Mesembryanthemum coralloides Mesembryanthemum acutisepalum Psilocaulon simulans Psilocaulon namaquense Psilocaulon squamifolium Psilocaulon acutisepalum Psilocaulon bijliae Psilocaulon calvinianum Psilocaulon candidum Psilocaulon imitans Psilocaulon junceum Psilocaulon laxiflorum Psilocaulon leightoniae Psilocaulon levynsiae Psilocaulon lewisiae Psilocaulon oculatum Psilocaulon pauciflorum Psilocaulon planisepalum Psilocaulon semilunatum Psilocaulon simile Psilocaulon stayneri Psilocaulon subintegrum Psilocaulon utile Psilocaulon delosepalum Psilocaulon framesii Psilocaulon rogersiae Peratetracoilanthus junceus Mesembryanthemum aphyllum Mesembryanthemum junceum var. pauciflorum Mesembryanthemum simile var. namaquense
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