Pharnaceum brevicaule Bartl.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Molluginaceae > Pharnaceum

Characteristics

Low-growing, with 1 or several tufts of leaves on or near the ground. Stems woody, less than 5 cm long above ground level, often covered by persistent stipules. Leaves crowded, 1-3 cm long, linear, flat, sometimes with a thickened border, the hair-points deciduous. Stipules white or yellowish, often undulate, opaque, 1-4 mm long, entire but with coarse hairs at the top. Stipules persistent after leaf-fall and surrounding the leaf tuft and often covering the lower part of the stem. Inflorescences many, slender, with 3(2-5) branches at the nodes, the ultimate pseudoracemose. Peduncle 5-8 cm long, usually with a whorl of small leaves at the top, rarely with further whorls at the nodes. Pedicels capillary, 0.5-1.5 cm long, ascending. Perianth segments about 3 mm long, with a broad white margin. Disc of 5 white or pink acute or subacute lobes. Stigmas short, pink. Fruit as long as the perianth. Seeds shining, subglobose.
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Perennial herb; low-growing with stems < 50 mm above ground. Leaves crowded; blade linear, 10-30 mm long, margins revolute; stipules hair-like or with narrow lobes at apices or margins, persistent after leaf-fall, covering stem or surrounding older leaves. Flowers: in a compound raceme; perianth segments ± 3 mm long, with broad, white margins; Dec.-Feb.
Leaves in whorls, up to 22 mm. long, linear, sometimes with a thickened margin, set with deciduous setae; stipules 1–4 mm. long, white or yellowish, often undulate, opaque, with coarse hairs at the apex, persistent after leaf-fall and surrounding the leaf-tufts.
Low-growing herb with stems less than 50 mm above ground. Leaves crowded, linear-revolute. Stipules large, persistent after leaf-fall, covering stem or surrounding older leaves. Perianth with broad, white margin.
Inflorescences slender, pedunculate, branched at nodes, the ultimate pseudo-racemose, with whorled linear bracts at nodes.
Low-growing annual with 1 to several tufts of leaves at or near ground level.
Perianth-segments 5, c. 3 mm. long, greenish with a broad white margin.
Nectariferous disk of 5 white or pink acute or subacute lobes.
Stems woody, often covered by persistent stipules.
Seeds subglobose, brown, finely granular.
Fruit as long as perianth.
Pedicels capillary.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Pharnaceum brevicaule world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:363891-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292904
COL ID 4FVCW
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Synonyms

Pharnaceum brevicaule Pharnaceum merxmuelleri