Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
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Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
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Descriptions
Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
Bushy shrub to 60 cm tall. Stems ascending, glabrous, terete and greyish below, 2-angled and red above. Lvs obscurely papillate, sharply 3-angled, linear, acute to mucronate, scarcely tapered to long connate sheathing lf-base, 30-40 × 2-3 mm, c. 5 mm thick; keel denticulate near apex. Fls 16-20 mm diam. Calyx glabrous; sepals c. 5 mm long. Petals spreading, deep pink, pale at base, with a deep pink to purple median stripe, 7-9 mm long. Stamens 1.5-3 mm long, conically collected with the inner staminodes over the ovary; filaments pink with hairy white bases; anthers pale yellow. Capsule 6 mm diam. Seeds red-brown, asymmetrically obovoid, c. 1 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Mesembryanthemum tumidulum Haw.
Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
Ruschia tumidula (Haw.) Schwantes
Notes
editorial
The name Ruschia tumidulum has been misapplied to Ruschia geminiflora in New Zealand.
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1 January 2000
29 October 2010