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Gunniopsis papillata (Gunniopsis papillata)

Description

The caespitose annual annual herb with a prostrate habit typically grows to a height of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) and a width of 15 cm (6 in). The stems are thick, yellow in colour and glabrous to sparsely hairy. Leaves are obtuse and have an oblong to oblanceolate shape and are up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long.It blooms between July and October producing green-yellow flowers.Flowers are sessile or shortly pedicellate with perianth segments that are 2.5 to 6 mm (0.10 to 0.24 in) in length. A capsule forms later that is subglobose below and then tapers to a cylindrical apex, containing seeds that are wrinkled.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Aizoaceae

              • Genus: Gunniopsis