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.
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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 +