Description
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A perennial with slender roots. Stem woody, papillose to velutinous. Leaves spathulate, up to 8 cm long, 5-9 mm broad. Flowers axillary solitary, sessile, c. 2.5 mm long. Sepals 5, ovate, c. 2 mm long, velutinous, persistent. Stamens usually 20, poly-adelphous, the groups alternating with the sepals; filaments c. 1 mm long. Styles 5, free, c. 1 mm long, papillose, linear, persistent. Capsule c. 4.5 mm broad, 5 angled, papillose. Seeds c. 0.9 mm long, ribbed, black, shiny.
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Distribution
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Distribution: N. Africa, Arabia, Canary Islands, W. & E. Mediterranean, S. Iran, Afghanistan, and W. Pakistan.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: Sept.-Nov.
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Derivation of specific name
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canariense: from the Canary Islands
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aizoon canariense L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123060
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Prostrate, thick-stemmed annual or perennial herb, with stems up to 40 cm long, often papillose. Leaves subcircular to obovate, entire, decurrent at base, pilose. Flowers solitary, sessile. Perianth segments yellowish inside, greenish or reddish and pilose outside. Fruit red or pink, star-shaped, depressed in the middle.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aizoon canariense L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123060
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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N Africa, tropical Africa, Namibia and S Africa
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Aizoon canariense L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123060
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Aizoon canariense
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Aizoon canariense: Brief Summary
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Aizoon canariense is a species of small leafy annual plant in the family Aizoaceae.
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