Galenia secunda
in W. H. Harvey et al., Fl. Cap. 2: 474. 1862.
Introduced
Basionym: Aizoön secundum Linnaeus f. Suppl. Pl., 261. 1782
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 79.
Stems prostrate, gray-white, 20–60 cm; younger stems densely clothed with white, loosely appressed scales, 1.5 mm. Leaves crowded; blade gray-white, folded inward, midvein not conspicuous abaxially, obovate, 1.5–2.2 × 0.7–0.9 cm, apex obtuse and recurved, thick, papillate. Flowers concealed by leaves, usually on short lateral branches; calyx lobes white to yellow adaxially, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 3 mm, ciliate near apex, hairy abaxially; filaments shorter than calyx lobes; anthers yellow; styles 4 (–5). Capsules concealed among leaf-bases, persistent. Seeds 4 (–5).
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Waste places
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., N.J., Africa, Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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yellow +
truncate +
loculicidal +
recurved +
papillate +
obtuse +
thick +
absent +
folded +
gray-white +
absent +
absent +
hairy +
unequal +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
equal +
tubular +
persistent +
concealed +
larger +
coiled +
sessile +
concealed +
bisexual +
basal +
nutlike +
3-5-angled +
leathery +
separate +
absent +
axillary +
true +
sessile +
crowded +
cauline +
conspicuous +
obovate +
0.7cm;0.9cm +
absent +
absent +
2-5-loculed +
axile +
apical-axile +
superior +
angled +
absent +
2-4-seriate +
absent +
0;250 +
2-5-carpellate +
in W. H. Harvey et al., Fl. Cap. +
1862 +
tuberous +
fibrous +
peltate +
vesicular +
white +
appressed +
hairlike +
arillate +
black +
shiny +
tuberculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Introduced +
petaloid +
absent +
gray-white +
mat-forming +
prostrate +
younger +
underground +
erect +
semiwoody +
2;5 +
absent +
absent +
Galenia secunda +
Galenia +
species +
perennial +
subshrub +
papillate +
succulent +