Family: Aizoaceae
Galenia secunda
Citation:
Sonder, Fl. Capens. 2:474 (1862).
Synonymy: Aizoon secundum L.f., Suppl. 261 (1782).
Common name: None
Description:
Greyish densely villous perennial; stems prostrate, softly woody, often 20-50 cm long, grey, with 1-2 mm long more or less spreading hairs; leaves grey-white, densely covered with hair-like scales, usually crowded towards the ends of the branches, elliptic to obovate, usually-3-12 mm long, usually somewhat folded and recurved.
Perianth greenish-white, yellow inside, 2-3 mm long; anthers yellow (?always); styles usually 4.
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Image source: fig. 110 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. 0982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 293.
Distribution:
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Vic. (around Melbourne); Tas.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: at all times of the year.
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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:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
Black's (1948) description was based mainly on specimens of G. pubescens. There are several specimens with the indumentum of this species but the leaf arrangement of G. pubescens, requiring further investigation.
Author:
Not yet available
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