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Drosanthemum candens (Haw.) Schwantes
Family Aizoaceae
Common name: Redondo Creeper

Drosanthemum candens (Haw.) Schwantes APNI*

Description: Semi-erect shrub to 30 cm high, with trailing hirsute branches.

Leaves clavate, 3–10 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, sessile, densely papillose.

Flowers 3–6 mm diam. Perianth lobes semiterete, 7–10 mm long, dorsal horn 1–3 mm long. Petaloid staminodes 4–5 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, fused for half their length, white. Stamens usually c. 12–20, slightl y shorter than staminodes. Ovary faintly ribbed.

Fruit shallowly obconical, 2–3 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; peduncle 12–28 mm long.


Habitat
Photo J. Miles

Habit
Photo J. Miles

Flower
Photo J. Miles

Distribution and occurrence: Widely cultivated in rockeries, weakly naturalised in coastal sites.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC
Other Australian states: *Vic. *S.A. *W.A.
AVH map***

Text by K.D. Hill
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