WorldFloraDB - Ruschia

Characteristics

Erect, glabrous, perennial shrubs. Branches terete, grey; branchlets compressed, red. Leaves opposite, triquetrous, shortly connate, shortly mucronate, partly ensheathing branch, glaucous, densely dotted; keel denticulate. Flowers in a many-flowered inflorescence, pedicellate, subtended by leaf-like bracts. Sepals 5, equal in size, 3 with membranous margins. Petal-like staminodes many, purple; stamens many. Styles 5; ovary inferior; locules 5; placentation parietal. Fruit a hygroscopic capsule; valves winged; expanding keels divergent; locules with roofs; placental tubercle present. Seeds many, spherical, compressed, rough, yellow or brown.

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Prostrate to erect perennial succulent shrubs. Lvs opposite, sessile, 3-angled, toothed or denticulate or entire, smooth or papillate; papillae not glittering. Fls solitary or in cymes on lateral branchlets, pedicellate, ebracteate or with leaflike bracts. Sepals 5, ± flat, subequal. Petals numerous, > sepals, free; stamens numerous, often conically collected with the inner staminodes. Placentation parietal. Stigmas (4)-5, lanceolate. Capsule 5-locular; expanding keels diverging; wings 0; locules with lids; placental tubercle present. Seeds ovoid, rough.

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Growth form	shrub
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Images

Ruschia unspecified picture

Distribution

Ruschia world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

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WFO ID	wfo-4000033644
COL ID	7B73
BDTFX ID	103539
INPN ID	715595
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Ruschia

Lower taxons

Ruschia brevibracteata Ruschia caroli Ruschia sessilis Ruschia scabra Ruschia barnardii Ruschia willdenowii Ruschia vetovalida Ruschia heteropetala Ruschia lerouxiae Ruschia klipbergensis Ruschia parvifolia Ruschia recurva Ruschia foliosa Ruschia magnifica Ruschia albida Ruschia rupicola Ruschia impressa Ruschia abbreviata Ruschia acocksii Ruschia acuminata Ruschia acutangula Ruschia aggregata Ruschia alata Ruschia altigena Ruschia amicorum Ruschia ampliata Ruschia approximata Ruschia aspera Ruschia atrata Ruschia axthelmiana Ruschia beaufortensis Ruschia bijliae Ruschia bipapillata Ruschia bolusiae Ruschia breekpoortensis Ruschia brevicyma Ruschia brevifolia Ruschia brevipes Ruschia britteniae Ruschia burtoniae Ruschia calcarea Ruschia calcicola Ruschia callifera Ruschia campestris Ruschia canonotata Ruschia capornii Ruschia caudata Ruschia cedarbergensis Ruschia cincta Ruschia clavata Ruschia complanata Ruschia copiosa Ruschia costata Ruschia crassa Ruschia cymbifolia Ruschia crassisepala Ruschia cupulata Ruschia curta Ruschia decumbens Ruschia decurrens Ruschia decurvans Ruschia dejagerae Ruschia densiflora Ruschia depressa Ruschia dichroa Ruschia dilatata Ruschia diversifolia Ruschia elineata Ruschia erecta Ruschia esterhuyseniae Ruschia exigua Ruschia extensa Ruschia festiva Ruschia filipetala Ruschia firma Ruschia floribunda Ruschia fourcadei Ruschia fugitans Ruschia geminiflora Ruschia glauca Ruschia goodiae Ruschia gracilipes Ruschia gracilis Ruschia griquensis Ruschia grisea Ruschia hamata Ruschia haworthii Ruschia holensis Ruschia imbricata Ruschia inclusa Ruschia inconspicua Ruschia incurvata Ruschia indecora Ruschia indurata Ruschia intermedia Ruschia karrachabensis Ruschia karrooica Ruschia kenhardtensis Ruschia kuboosana Ruschia langebaanensis Ruschia lapidicola Ruschia lavisii Ruschia laxa Ruschia laxiflora Ruschia laxipetala Ruschia leptocalyx Ruschia lineolata Ruschia lisabeliae Ruschia macowanii Ruschia mariae Ruschia marianae Ruschia maxima Ruschia middlemostii Ruschia minutiflora Ruschia misera Ruschia mollis Ruschia montaguensis Ruschia muricata Ruschia nelii Ruschia neovirens Ruschia nonimpressa Ruschia obtusa Ruschia odontocalyx Ruschia orientalis Ruschia parviflora Ruschia patens Ruschia patulifolia Ruschia paucipetala Ruschia perfoliata Ruschia pinguis Ruschia pollardii Ruschia primosii Ruschia promontorii Ruschia pungens Ruschia putterillii Ruschia versicolor Ruschia rariflora Ruschia rigens Ruschia sandbergensis Ruschia sarmentosa Ruschia semidentata Ruschia senaria Ruschia serrulata Ruschia singula Ruschia solitaria Ruschia staminodiosa Ruschia stricta Ruschia strubeniae Ruschia suaveolens Ruschia tardissima Ruschia tecta Ruschia tenella Ruschia testacea Ruschia tribracteata Ruschia triflora Ruschia truteri Ruschia tumidula Ruschia uitenhagensis Ruschia umbellata Ruschia uncinata Ruschia unidens Ruschia vaginata Ruschia valida Ruschia vanbredai Ruschia vanderbergiae Ruschia vanheerdei Ruschia vanniekerkiae Ruschia victoris Ruschia virens Ruschia virgata Ruschia viridifolia Ruschia centrocapsula Ruschia cradockensis Ruschia intricata Ruschia edentula Ruschia leucosperma Ruschia muelleri Ruschia muiriana Ruschia nieuwerustensis Ruschia pallens Ruschia pauciflora Ruschia phylicoides Ruschia pulvinaris Ruschia punctulata Ruschia rigida Ruschia rigidicaulis Ruschia robusta Ruschia rubricaulis Ruschia ruralis Ruschia schollii Ruschia semiglobosa Ruschia subpaniculata Ruschia subsphaerica Ruschia archeri Ruschia congesta Ruschia turgida Ruschia ceresiana Ruschia divaricata Ruschia spinosa Ruschia cymosa Ruschia deminuta Ruschia duthieae Ruschia multiflora Ruschia namusmontana Ruschia subteres Ruschia vulvaria Ruschia dielsiana Ruschia framesii Ruschia frederici Ruschia brakdamensis Ruschia ruschiana Ruschia sabulicola