Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 480. 1753.

Common names: Slender-leaved iceplant
Introduced
Synonyms: Cryophytum nodiflorum (Linnaeus) L. Bolus Gasoul nodiflorum (Linnaeus) Rothmaler
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 85. Mentioned on page 76, 84.

Plants annual. Stems prostrate to ascending, branched from base, 15–20 cm, sessile. Leaves: blade ± terete, linear, 1–2 cm. Inflorescences axillary, flowers solitary, sessile or petiolate; bracts absent. Flowers 4–5 mm diam.; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes 5, equal; petals 20, connate, white, aging yellow; stamens 10. Capsules finely papillate. Seeds 100, smooth to minutely tuberculate. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Coastal bluffs, margins of saline wetlands
Elevation: 0-100 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., N.J., Mexico (Baja California), Europe (Mediterranean), Asia, Atlantic Islands, Australia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Nancy J. Vivrette +
Linnaeus +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 2 +
appendaged +, hooded +  and petaloid +
papillate +
Slender-leaved iceplant +
Calif. +, N.J. +, Mexico (Baja California) +, Europe (Mediterranean) +, Asia +, Atlantic Islands +  and Australia +
straight +
0-100 m +
petiolate +, sessile +  and solitary +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
indehiscent +, circumscissile +, dehiscence +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
Coastal bluffs, margins of saline wetlands +
petiolate +  and sessile +
opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
undulate +
(4-)5-loculed +
half-inferior +
yellow;white +
Flowering spring–fall. +
(4-)5-carpellate +
dark reddish-brown +  and black +
smooth +  and minutely tuberculate +
compressed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Introduced +
connate +  and distinct +
sessile +  and branched +
mat-forming +
underground +
prostrate +  and ascending +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
filiform +
adnate +  and free +
connate +  and distinct +
Cryophytum nodiflorum +  and Gasoul nodiflorum +
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum +
Mesembryanthemum +
species +