Zygophyllum decumbens
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Full name: | Zygophyllum decumbens Delile |
| Location: | Farm Urikos (2416AC) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Tetraena decumbens (Delile) Beier & Thulin (for tropical + N Africa) |
| Status: | Near-endemic |
| Description: | Much branching, decumbent, woody below, glabrous. Leaves unijugate, fleshy; leaflets plane, obovate to oblanceolate, very obtuse, 0.25–0.5 in. long; petioles equalling or slightly exceeding the leaflets. Flowers numerous. Peduncles 0.25–0.5 in., at length deflexed. Sepals obovate, cucullate, nearly equalling the oblong-spathulate white petals. Staminal scales deeply 2-fid with acute teeth. Capsule deeply 5-lobed, turbinate; apex entire, the carpels coherent to the extremity of the fruit, 2–3 lines long, 2–3 lines broad. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical Africa) Shrublet with decumbent branches, glabrous or glandular, glaucous. Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets obovate, flat, up to c. 15 x 10 mm; petiole c. 4–6 mm long; stipules membranous, narrowly triangular, fringed. Flowers in loose several-flowered cymes. Sepals c. 2 mm long. Petals white, c. 4 mm long. Filament scale oblong, bipartite. Ovary glabrous; style c. 2 mm long. Capsule obconical, deeply 5-parted, up to 10 mm long. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Somalia) |
| 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 |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 21 Jun 2018 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | EOS 7D |
| Lens aperture: | f/10.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/1000 s |
| ISO speed: | 1000 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
