Calandrinia corrigioloides

Calandrinia corrigioloides is an annual herb[4] in the family Montiaceae, and is native to Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria.[1][5][3]

Calandrinia corrigioloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Calandrinia
Species:
C. corrigioloides
Binomial name
Calandrinia corrigioloides
Synonyms[3]

Claytonia corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell.

Description

It is a succulent, prostrate herb, with pink-white flowers. It flowers from August to November and grows on sandy soils in swampy depressions, flats, and sand dunes.[4] The stems of the flowers (pedicels) are 0.5–2 mm long and spreading to reflexed in fruit. The bracts are leafy and alternate, the sepals are persistent and the 4 or 5 petals are white to pale-pink. There are 3 to 4 stamens and 3 stigmas 3 which are free to the base. The capsule is three valved and narrow-ovoid to elongate-cylindrical, and the seeds are black, shiny, and smooth and 0.7–1 mm in diameter.[6]

Taxonomy

Calandrinia corrigioloides was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[1][2]

References
  1. APNI: Calandrinia corrigioloides F.Muell. ex Benth. Australian Plant Name Index.
  2. Bentham, G. (1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 175 [tax. nov.]
  3. Govaerts, R. et. al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Calandrinia corrigioloides. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. "Calandrinia corrigioloides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. Australasian Virtual Herbarium - Occurrence data for Calandrinia corrigioloides
  6. SAFlora: Calandrinia corrigioloides. State Herbarium of South Australia, Government of South Australia.
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