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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.

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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br., The Gardeners' Chronicle Ser. 3, 87: 14 (1930)
Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.
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(W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
W.T.Aiton
N.E.Br.
The Gardeners' Chronicle
1930
Ser. 3, 87: 14
ICN
Mesembryanthemum australe W.T.Aiton
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Disphyma australe

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Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Aizoaceae
Disphyma
australe

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.

Stems stout, ± 5 mm. diam., branching, prostrate, up to 1 m. or more long. Lvs opp. or in opp. clusters, connate at base, (1)-2-4-(5) cm. long, linear to linear-oblong to narrow-spathulate when dry, succulent and triquetrous when fresh, acute to obtuse. Fls 2-3 cm. diam.; peduncle stout, thickening upwards, 1-4 cm. long. Calyx-tube turbinate, thick, fleshy; lobes 5, 2 much longer than rest. Staminodes ∞, spreading, linear to ligulate, pink to white, c. 1 cm. long. Carpels 5-8-celled; styles 5-8.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.

Trailing herb. Stem terete, glabrous. Lvs 3-angled, acute, often mucronate, tapering to connate base, (6)-20-30-(40) × 4-6-(9) mm; margins usually smooth, rarely papillate. Fls 2-4 cm diam. Petals uniformly white to deep pink, in 3-5 rows, 1-3 cm long. Stamens 4-6 mm long; inner filaments hairy at base. Stigmas (5)-6-8-(10). Capsule valves with parallel or ± divergent expanding keels; placental tubercle rounded or 0. Seeds brown, obovoid, rugose, c. 1 mm long.

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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Mesembryanthemum australe W.T.Aiton
Mesembryanthemum australe W.T.Aiton
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.

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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Disphyma australe (W.T.Aiton) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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1 January 2000
10 April 2007
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