Aizoon schellenbergii (Aizoon schellenbergii)
Description
Shrubs with sprawling branches,woody stems 15-40 cm high,young internode covered by short,white,appressed hairs,older internode glabrous and pale;leaves alternate,obovate,narrowing into a short petiole,folded upwards,5-15 mm long,3-6 mm broad;flowers on short shoots.apparently solitary,perigone with scattered uppressed hairs outside,glabrous inside,3-6 mm long,stamens numerous;fruit obovoid,longer than wide,rounded at the top,5 locules.(from Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae A-E,HEK Hartmann)
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Aizoaceae
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Genus: Aizoon
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