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Aizoon secundum
L. fil.
Family:
Aizoaceae
onesided galenia
[
Galenia secunda
(L. fil.) Sond.]
FNA
Resources
Nancy J. Vivrette in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Stems
prostrate, gray-white, 20-60 cm; younger stems densely clothed with white, loosely appressed scales, 1.5 mm.
Leaves
crowded; blade gray-white, folded inward, midvein not conspicuous ab-axially, obovate, 1.5-2.2 × 0.7-0.9 cm, apex obtuse and recurved, thick, papillate.
Flowers
concealed by leaves, usually on short lateral branches; calyx lobes white to yellow adaxially, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 3 mm, ciliate near apex, hairy abaxially; filaments shorter than calyx lobes; anthers yellow; styles 4(-5).
Capsules
concealed among leaf bases, persistent.
Seeds
4(-5). Flowering spring-fall. Waste places; 0 m; introduced; Fla., N.J.; Africa; Australia.
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