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Calandrinia ptychosperma (Calandrinia ptychosperma)

Description

Prostrate to decumbent annual herb with stems to 40 cm long.Leaves basal and on flowering stems,alternate,sessile,linear to lanceolate,often terete,to 70 mm long and 3 mm wide.Inflorescence loose spike with pink to purple flowers.Flowering between August and October.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Montiaceae

              • Genus: Calandrinia