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Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.

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Sol. ex. Benth.
Sol. ex. Benth.
1870
illegitimate
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Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
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Salicornia australis

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Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.

A perennial subshrub with prostrate woody stems ± 3-4 mm. diam., up to 3 dm. or more long; branches ∞, the plant forming extensive patches up to 6 dm. or more diam. Branchlets mainly opp., us. crowded, erect or ascending, completely invested by lvs, which are long-persistent in withered state. Lvs opp., ± translucent, succulent, green or flushed with red; the pairs completely fused to form a terete "joint" 5-6-(15) × 3-7 mm.; apex free, forming a "collar" with 2 minute lobes. Fls axillary, in upper portion of branchlets, forming a "spike" with shorter, thicker "joints"; the fls sunk in axils, 5-10-(15) in a ring. Per. fleshy, thickened, ± urceolate, with 3-5 minute teeth; stamens 1-2; style branches 2, stigmatic portion linear, minutely papillose. Fr. ± ovoid; seeds ± 2 mm. diam., with coriac. testa clad in minute hooked hairs.

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Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth

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Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
New Zealand

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8192a865-a401-4623-9d32-f9b90c1c71d6
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24 June 2002
25 September 2020
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