Family: Aizoaceae
Drosanthemum candens
Citation:
Schwantes, Z. Sukk. 3:30 (1927).
Synonymy: Mesembryanthemum candens Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2:186 (1821); D. floribundum sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 338 (1948), non (Haw.)Schwantes.
Common name: Rodondo creeper.
Description:
Stems slender, prostrate, often rather long and trailing; branches and peduncles covered with short spreading bristles; leaves cylindrical-clavate, often incurved, 5-15 mm long, c. 3 mm broad.
Flowers c. 2-2.5 cm diam., terminating short branches, on peduncles rather longer than the leaves; perianth and ovary papillose, both c. 3 mm long, the ovary turbinate; petaloid staminodes twice as long as the perianth lobes; styles nearly as long as the stamens.
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Image source: fig. 109 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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Widely grown as a garden ornamental and naturalised, or occurring as an escape, in S.Aust.
S.Aust.: SL. W.Aust.; Vic. Native to South Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: spring.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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