Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L.


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Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L.

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Source and Additional Information
Project
Editor
Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Attribution
eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden
Indexed
February 05, 2010
Citation
Flora of North America Vol. 4: 76, 84, 85 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

Plants annual. Stems prostrate to ascending, branched from base, 15-20 cm, sessile. Leaves: blade ± terete, linear, 1-2 cm. Inflorescences axillary, flowers solitary, sessile or petiolate; bracts absent. Flowers 4-5 mm diam.; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes 5, equal; petals 20, connate, white, aging yellow; stamens 10. Capsules finely papillate. Seeds 100, smooth to minutely tuberculate. 2n = 36.
References
"Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L.". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/489527". Accessed 30 Jul 2010.