Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
Details
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth. (1870)
Nomenclature
Sol. ex. Benth.
Sol. ex. Benth.
1870
illegitimate
ICN
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
species
Salicornia australis
Classification
Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth.
Salicornia australis Sol. ex. Benth
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Metadata
8192a865-a401-4623-9d32-f9b90c1c71d6
scientific name
Names_Plants
24 June 2002
25 September 2020