Common name: Small Ice Plant
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L. APNI* Synonyms: Gasoul nodiflorum (L.) Rothm. APNI*
Psilocaulon caducum (Aiton) N.E.Br. APNI*
Description: Mostly prostrate annual herb with stems to 20 cm long, densely papillose, often red-tinged.
Leaves semiterete, to 25 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, sessile, flat on adaxial surface, sparsely villous, covered with glistening hairs.
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, slightly shorter than staminodes. Ovary faintly ribbed.
Fruit oblong, 4–8 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; the perianth lobes not reflexed at maturity.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of S Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *CWS, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP
Other Australian states: *Vic. *S.A. *W.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & J. Highet; updated L.J. Murray (July 2009)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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