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Aptenia cordifolia
Schwantes
Family:
Aizoaceae
Hearts-and-Flowers
[
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium
L.f.]
Zachery Berry
FNA
Resources
Nancy J. Vivrette in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants
short-lived.
Stems
3-6 dm; internodes 1-5 cm; often rooting at nodes.
Leaf blades
1-3 × 0.5-5 cm, minutely papillate, appearing smooth.
Inflorescences
solitary flowers; axillary pedicel 8-15 mm.
Flowers:
hypanthium 6-7 mm; calyx lobes 2-5 mm; petals 80, reflexed, pink to purple (red in hybrid cultivar 'Red Apple'), 3-4 mm; staminodia 50, erect, white, 3 mm.
Capsules
13-15 mm.
2
n
= 18.
Flowering spring-fall. Disturbed places, coastal bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, 0-100 m; introduced; Calif., Oreg.; Europe (British Isles); Africa; Australia.
The flowers of
Aptenia cordifolia
open during the bright hours of the day.
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Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (
DBI 9983132
,
BRC 0237418
,
DBI 0743827
,
DBI 0847966
)
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