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Galenia pubescens

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh. [family AIZOACEAE ] Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Galenia pubescens
  • Galenia spathulata
  • Kolleria pallens
  • Galenia not on sheet
  • Aizoon pubescens

Flora

Entry for Galenia pubescens (Ecklon & Zeyher) Druce [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Galenia pubescens (Ecklon & Zeyher) Druce [family AIZOACEAE], Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles, 4(suppl. 2): 624. 1917
Aizoön pubescens Ecklon & Zeyher [family ], E num. Pl. Afric. Austral., 326. 1837
Galenia spathulata Fenzl ex Sonder [family AIZOACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Nancy J. Vivrette
Information
Stems procumbent, mat-forming, gray-green, much-branched, 2.5–15 dm; younger stems with sparse, closely appressed scales, 0.5 mm; older stems glabrescent. Leaves not crowded; blade gray-green, folded, midvein visible abaxially, broadly obovate-spatulate on main shoots, 0.5–2.2 × 0.2–2 cm, narrowed at base, apex obtuse or subobtuse, papillate. Flowers not concealed by leaves, mostly on main stem; calyx lobes white to pink adaxially, linear, 2.5 × 1 mm, hairy abaxially; anthers deep pink; styles 5. Capsules conspicuous, persistent with leaf bases, 2.5–3 × 1 mm. Seeds 5.
Phenology
jun (summer)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
AfricaAustralia.USA Calif.
Discussion
Introduced from southern Africa, Galenia pubescens was first collected in the flora area in 1992 by John Ekhoff in California.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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