Ruschia stricta L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Ruschia

Characteristics

Shrub, up to 1 m tall, internodes reddish when young, becoming brown to blackish. Leaves cresent-shaped, 15-25 x 7-12 mm, keel and margins cartilaginous, pale grey-green, bases of leaf-pairs separated by an elongate triangle. Flowers pale pink. Fruit 6-locular, without closing bodies (`big closing bodies' cannot be verified on the type material or on fresh plants), closing ledges very low.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Distribution

Ruschia stricta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001294162
COL ID 4TR7J
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum sublunatum Ruschia stricta Mesembryanthemum sublunulatum Ruschia stricta var. stricta