Pharnaceum viride Adamson

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Molluginaceae > Pharnaceum

Characteristics

Diffuse. Stems 25-30 cm long, laxly branched, erect or sprawling, woody at the base, leafy at the tips only. Leafy part of the stem 3-5 cm long, white. Leaves bright green, alternate, not crowded, 0.7-1.2 cm long, flat or partly revolute, with a short deciduous hair point. Stipules 2 mm long, adnate to the leaf-base, with a loose fringe of short hairs. Peduncles 4-8 cm long. Inflorescence umbellate, with slender ascending branches 1-1.5 cm long. Pedicels 0.4-0.6 cm long. Perianth segments about 2 mm long, green externally, obtuse, distinctly connate at the base. Anthers white, broadly oblong. Disc of 3 broad thick truncate yellow or orange lobes. Stigmas white, flat, very slightly revolute. Fruit rounded, about as long as the perianth.
Life form annual
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Pharnaceum viride world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:57967-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292931
COL ID 4FVF6
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Synonyms

Pharnaceum viride