Galenia secunda

Galenia secunda (onesided galenia) is a plant species native to South Africa but naturalized in Australia (Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales), Spain, and the United States (Florida and New Jersey).[2][3][4][5][6] In Spain and Australia, is considered an invasive weed threatening native vegetation.[7][8]

Galenia secunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Aizoaceae
Genus:
Galenia
Subgenus:
Kolleria
Species:
G. secunda
Binomial name
Galenia secunda
Synonyms[1]
  • Aizoon contaminatum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Aizoon elongatum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Aizoon glinoides Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Aizoon propinquum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Aizoon secundum L.f.

Galenia secunda is shrub or perennial herb with grayish-white stems that trail along the ground for as much as 60 cm, forming mats. Leaves are grayish-white, folded inward, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are small, white to yellowish, up to 2 mm in diameter, often hidden by the leaves. [4][9][10]

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). Galenia secunda
  3. Prescott, A. & J. Venning. 1984. Aizoaceae. Flora of Australia 19–62
  4. Flora of North America, vol 4 p 79, Galenia secunda
  5. Adamson, R. S. 1956. The South African species of Aizoaceae III. Galenia L. J. S. Afr. Bot. 22: 87-127.
  6. Prescott, A. 1984. Galenia. In: R. Robertson et al., eds. Flora of Australia. 23+ vols. Canberra. Vol. 4, pp. 50-52.
  7. García-de-Lomas, Juan, Ignacio Hernández, Íñigo Sánchez-García. 2009. Incipient invasion of Galenia secunda Sond. (Aizoaceae) in southern Spain. Biological Invasions 11:467-472.
  8. Weeds in Australia, Australian Government
  9. Sonder, Otto Wilhelm in Harvey, William Henry. 1862. Flora capensis :being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories) 2: 474..
  10. Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle
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