Suaeda caespitosa Dod

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Suaeda

Characteristics

Annual or occasionally perennial herb or subshrub, 0.05-0.25 m, prostrate, matforming, often rooting at nodes, aerial branches ± secund, fleshy, usually glabrous, straw-coloured when dry. Leaves alternate, ± fleshy, entire, linear, somewhat flattened. Flowers, sessile, clustered in upper axils of bracts, upper flowers male. Perianth succulent, 5-lobed; lobes rounded on back. Stamens 5, shortly exserted. Ovary depressed globose; stigmas 2. Flowering time Dec.-June. Seed horizontal.
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Pale green, creeping, short-lived perennial, ± 500 mm tall. Leaves linear, swollen below. Flowers minute, in sessile glomerules.
Pale green, creeping, short-lived perennial to 50 cm. Leaves linear, swollen below. Flowers in axillary clusters.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Suaeda caespitosa world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167428-1
WFO ID wfo-0001294693
COL ID 53CKL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Suaeda caespitosa