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Mesembryanthemum digitatum

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Name

Identification
Mesembryanthemum digitatum Aiton [family MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for MESEMBRYANTHEMUM digitiforme Thunb. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 386, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM digitiforme Thunb. [family AIZOACEAE], Nov. Ephem. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p. 6. App.;—Fl. cap. 412.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM digitatum Ait. [family AIZOACEAE], Kew. 2. 181. Haw. Syn. 211.
Information
stemless or nearly so; leaves 3–4, approximate, terete, finger-shaped, obtuse, smooth, soft; flower subsessile. Root fasciculate. Old stem decumbent, brown. Leaves about one finger long, broad at the base. Calyx 5-cleft, lobes obtuse. Petals linear, white.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA in Karroo, between Olifantsrivier and Bocklandsberg. Oct. Novb. Thunberg (but now wanting in herb. Thunb.)

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