Aizoon africanum
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19 Sep 2013
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19 Sep 2013
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Full name: | Aizoon africanum (L.) Klak |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Kraalbos, Geelbos, Perdebos, Waterpensbos, Bankrotbos |
| English common name(s): | Yellow bush |
| Synonym(s): | Galenia africana L. (1753) =Galenia africana var. pentandra Hiern =Galenia africana var. secundata Adamson =*Galenia namaensis auct. =Galenia africana var. halimifolia Fenzl ex Sond. =Galenia linearis Thunb. (1794) =Galenia tenuifolia Salisb. (1796) |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Glabrous, fruticose, erect; branches and leaves opposite; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, carinate above, subfleshy; flowers sessile, disposed in a terminal, dichotomous, large panicle. Stem 3 feet and more high. Branches woody, terete, greyish, erect, ultimate subfiliform, virgate. Leaves mostly crowded, 1 inch long, 1 line wide, sometimes longer, in the branches shorter and narrower. Panicle often very large. Flowers 0.5 line long, equalling the bracts, rarely shorter. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Capensis) |
| 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 |
