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Drosanthemum floribundum (Haw.) Schwant.

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Drosanthemum floribundum is widely cultivated in southern California. When the plant is in flower, the vegetative portions are often completely covered by a profusion of pink flowers.

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Description

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Stems prostrate, mat-forming, rooting at older nodes; inter-nodes 1-3 cm, thin, tough. Leaves: blade cylindric, slightly thickened apically, 1.2-1.4 × 0.25 cm. Inflorescences: flowers usually solitary; pedicel 20-30 mm. Flowers (1-)3, on lateral short shoots, fragrant, 1.8(-2.5) cm diam.; calyx lobes linear, 6 × 3 mm, apex obtuse, margins papery; petals 30-40, pink, 1-seriate, [8-]15 × 2 mm, 2-3 times calyx length; staminodia absent; stamens spreading, connate in clusters, 4.5 mm; ovary 5-loculed; stigma lobes 5, plumose, 5 mm. Capsules on erect stalks. Seeds 200, 0.5 mm. 2n = 36.
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Distribution

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introduced; Calif.; Europe; Africa.
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Flowering spring [year-round].
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Habitat

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Coastal habitats; 0-100m.
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Synonym

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Mesembryanthemum floribundum Haworth, Misc. Nat., 100. 1803; M. hispidum Linnaeus var. pallidum Haworth; M. torquatum Haworth
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Drosanthemum floribundum

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Drosanthemum floribundum, commonly known as rodondo creeper, pale dewplant, or dew-flower, is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. The species is native to the Eastern Cape in South Africa and is naturalised in Portugal and the states of South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria in Australia,[1][2] as well as Pacific Grove, California[3] where it is called the Magic Carpet. It is a trailing perennial with hairy stems and leaves that are either cylindrical or triangular in cross section. These are between 3 and 15 mm in length and 1 to 2.5 mm in width. Flowers are up to 2.5 cm in diameter and are lavender, pink or occasionally white.[2]

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  1. ^ "Drosanthemum floribundum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Rodondo Creeper". Department of Primary Industries (Victoria). Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Pacific Grove Blooms: The Return of the Magic Carpet".
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Drosanthemum floribundum: Brief Summary

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Drosanthemum floribundum, commonly known as rodondo creeper, pale dewplant, or dew-flower, is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. The species is native to the Eastern Cape in South Africa and is naturalised in Portugal and the states of South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria in Australia, as well as Pacific Grove, California where it is called the Magic Carpet. It is a trailing perennial with hairy stems and leaves that are either cylindrical or triangular in cross section. These are between 3 and 15 mm in length and 1 to 2.5 mm in width. Flowers are up to 2.5 cm in diameter and are lavender, pink or occasionally white.

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