Osteocarpum acropterum (F.Muell. & Tate) Volkens

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Osteocarpum

Characteristics

Rounded perennial, branching from base, c. 15 cm high, glabrous or sparsely pilose when young. Leaves semiterete, 3–5 mm long, fleshy. Fruiting perianth: tube subglobular, c. 0.6 mm high, smooth or multiribbed, stipitate on a hollow cylindrical base equal in length to tube; apex usually produced into two opposite erect tubercles which bear vertical obovate wings, c. 3 mm long, or only the radicular tubercle present and winged, or this tubercle prominent and radially flattened but unwinged.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Osteocarpum acropterum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1016933-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295234
COL ID 75BNV
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Synonyms

Osteocarpum acropterum Osteocarpum acropterum var. acropterum

Lower taxons

Osteocarpum acropterum var. deminutum