Trianthema parvifolia
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Habit
26 Apr 2011
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26 Apr 2011
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25 Apr 2011
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Leaves and flowers
25 Apr 2011
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Leaves and flowers
25 Apr 2011
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Full name: | Trianthema parvifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Rooi-rankvygie |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Trianthema parvifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. var. parvifolia Trianthema triquetra subsp. parvifolia (E.Mey. ex Sond.) C.Jeffrey |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Perrennial? cæspitose, herbaceous; stems terete, prostrate or diffuse, papulose or subglabrous; leaves suborbicular, opposite, one of them generally smaller than the other; flowers ternately aggregated, axillary; stamens 5; style simple. It comes very near the preceding, and is only distinguished by the roundish leaves and the 3-flowered, not many flowered glomerules. Stipules very large, inclosing the young flowers. Leaves 1–3 lines long and wide. Flowers 1 line long, tube finely striated. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Capensis) Prostrate glabrous shining herb; stem usually with unequal internodes and often reddish. Leaves small, leaf-lamina 2–10 × 1–2 mm., oblong, obovate to subrotund, smooth, ± succulent, petiole c. as long as the lamina, sheath broad. Inflorescence with c. 10 contiguous, sessile flowers facing upwards; bracts membranous, broad, obtuse or acuminate-apiculate. Perianth lobes triangular, membranous-edged, with a minute mucro behind the tip, c. 1/2 as long as the smooth tube. Lid of fruit truncate-conical, with a narrow thickened ring 1/2 way between the edge and the tip. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
