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Calandrinia volubilis (Calandrinia volubilis)

Description

Spreading to erect annual herb with thickened tap root and twining flowering stems to 30 cm long.Leaves mostly basal with very few on lower parts of flowering stems,sessile,lanceolate to oblanceolate,to 5.5 cm long and 1 cm wide,fat and fleshy.Inflorescence loose panicles on long twining stem with pale pink flowers.Flowering between September and October.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Montiaceae

              • Genus: Calandrinia