Rumicastrum granuliferum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Montiaceae |
Genus: | Rumicastrum |
Species: | R. granuliferum
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Binomial name | |
Rumicastrum granuliferum | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Rumicastrum granuliferum ( synonym Calandrinia granulifera) is an annual herb [3] in the family Montiaceae, and is native to New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria. [1] [4] [2]
It is a succulent, erect to decumbent herb, flowering from September to November with white-pink flowers. It grows on sandy and gravelly soils on granite outcrops and slopes. [3] The flowers are on pedicels (stems) which are 0.5–2 mm long and erect when in fruit. The bracts are alternate. The sepals are deciduous and 1.5–3 mm long. There are 5-7 petals, 5-10 stamens and 3 stigmas. The black capsule is almost spherical with three short valves which open at the apex only. The numerous, red-brown, shiny seeds are about 0.5 mm long and 0.4 mm wide. [5] For an illustration of the colliculate seeds, see PlantNet.
The species was first described as Calandrinia granulifera by George Bentham in 1863. [1] [6] The genus Calandrinia was discovered to be paraphyletic, and the Australasian species were moved to genus Rumicastrum in 2020. [2] [7]
Rumicastrum granuliferum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Montiaceae |
Genus: | Rumicastrum |
Species: | R. granuliferum
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Binomial name | |
Rumicastrum granuliferum | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Rumicastrum granuliferum ( synonym Calandrinia granulifera) is an annual herb [3] in the family Montiaceae, and is native to New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria. [1] [4] [2]
It is a succulent, erect to decumbent herb, flowering from September to November with white-pink flowers. It grows on sandy and gravelly soils on granite outcrops and slopes. [3] The flowers are on pedicels (stems) which are 0.5–2 mm long and erect when in fruit. The bracts are alternate. The sepals are deciduous and 1.5–3 mm long. There are 5-7 petals, 5-10 stamens and 3 stigmas. The black capsule is almost spherical with three short valves which open at the apex only. The numerous, red-brown, shiny seeds are about 0.5 mm long and 0.4 mm wide. [5] For an illustration of the colliculate seeds, see PlantNet.
The species was first described as Calandrinia granulifera by George Bentham in 1863. [1] [6] The genus Calandrinia was discovered to be paraphyletic, and the Australasian species were moved to genus Rumicastrum in 2020. [2] [7]