Ruschia tardissima L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Ruschia

Characteristics

Leaf blades longer than connate sheath. Plants prostrate, sprawling. Compact shrub with prostrate, compressed branches to 40 cm. Leaves trigonous, fused below forming a sheath, the lower 50-70 mm long, the upper shorter, ±5 mm broad. Flowers ternate, pink with purplish stripe, petals 14-17 mm long. Fruits 5-locular.
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Compact shrub, with prostrate branches up to 400 mm long, rising at tips. Leaves 3-sided, ± 40-70 x 4-5 mm. Flowers ± 15 mm diam., bracteoles forming a pouch around pedicel, petals densely seriate, 2 mm broad, magenta, filamentous staminodes white basally. Fruit 5-locular.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Ruschia tardissima world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0001294171
COL ID 4TR7V
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Synonyms

Ruschia tardissima