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Mesembryanthemum tetragonum Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Mesembryanthemoideae > Mesembryanthemum > Mesembryanthemum subg. Phyllobolus > Mesembryanthemum sect. Flaviflora

Characteristics

Erect, perennial shrublet, up to 0.7 m high, branches weakly lignified. Leaves subcylindrical, decussate to alternate in inflorescences, with a thick wax layer. Flowers in bracteose dichasia, white to pale yellow or pale pink. Flowering time Sept.-Mar. Capsules 4-locular, covering membranes absent, valve wings inflexed over valves, expanding keels extending to centre of fruit.
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Dwarf shrub or shrub, up to 0.7 m high. Stems erect; continuous, only young stages green, primary cortex not visible. Leaves linear, cylindrical, obtusely trigonous; epidermis with a thick wax layer. Flowers: 20-40 in a cyme; sepals and petals connate into a short tube; petals whitish to yellow; staminodes yellow; Sep.-Apr. Fruit 4-locular.
Erect, succulent shrub, with internodes of stems of equal length. Leaves (sub)cylindrical, linear. Flowers whitish to yellowish or pinkish. Fruit 4-locular, locules much deepened.
Plants decumbent to erect. Erect perennial. Leaves subcylindrical, slender. Flowers white to yellowish or pinkish. Fruits 4-locular.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Mesembryanthemum tetragonum world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000370726
COL ID 3ZZD8
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum fasciculatum Mesembryanthemum tetragonum Mesembryanthemum pfeilii Mesembryanthemum pseudoausanum Mesembryanthemum ausanum Prenia tetragona Aridaria ausana Aridaria luteoalba Aridaria mutans Aridaria suffusa Aridaria tetragona Psilocaulon pfeilii Sphalmanthus suffusus Sphalmanthus tetragonus Nycteranthus ausanus Nycteranthus luteoalbus Nycteranthus mutans Nycteranthus suffusus Nycteranthus tetragonus Peratetracoilanthus tetragonus
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