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Monanthes minima (Monanthes minima)

Description

Monanthes minima is a species in the genus Monanthes in the family of Crassulaceae (Crassulaceae). The specific epithet minima comes from the Latin means 'very small' and refers to the size of the plants. Monanthes minima is a perennial single or seldom sprouting rosette plant Their shoots are short, vigorous and more or less caudiciform They have a diameter of 5 to 10 millimeters. The dense rosettes are 5 to 10 millimeters high and reach diameters of 10 to 35 millimeters. The narrow obovate leaves are rounded or slightly tapered and narrow into a long stalk-like base. Its leaf blade is 6 to 15 millimeters long, 1 to 3 millimeters wide and 1 to 3 millimeters thick. Its surface is dense glandular-fluffy with hairless than or equal to 0.3 millimeters in length, sticky and slightly papillös

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Monanthes