Ruschia subsphaerica L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Ruschia

Characteristics

Shrub, ± 250 mm tall, internodes grey to brown. Leaves roundish, 4-5 x 3-4 mm, grey-green, rough from minute dots. Flowers solitary, ± 13 mm diam., petals 1 mm broad, magenta, filamentous staminodes few or none, filaments white, apically pink, persistent pedicels spiny. Fruit covering membranes with distal closing rodlets, closing body small.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Distribution

Ruschia subsphaerica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001294168
COL ID 4TR7R
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Synonyms

Ruschia subsphaerica