Ruschia solitaria L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Ruschia

Characteristics

Shrub, ± 250 mm tall. Leaves 3-sided to roundish, 15-32 x 3-5 mm, tip blunt, mucronate. Flowers 1-3 per cyme, bracteoles midway along pedicels, sepals 5(6), 0.5-0.75 mm broad, petals 1-3-seriate, 0.5-0.75 mm broad, reddish purple, filamentous staminodes present, filaments white. Fruit 5(6)-locular, base funnel-shaped, top moderately high, covering membranes convex, closing rodlets big and protruding, closing body small, expanding keels distant from each other below.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Ruschia solitaria world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0001294154
COL ID 4TR76
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Synonyms

Ruschia solitaria