Rumicastrum corrigioloides
Annual herb
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Rumicastrum corrigioloides (synonym Calandrinia corrigioloides) is an annual herb[2] in the family Montiaceae, and is native to Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria.[3][4][1]
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| Rumicastrum corrigioloides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Rumicastrum |
| Species: | R. corrigioloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Rumicastrum corrigioloides | |
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Description
It is a succulent, prostrate herb, with pink-white flowers. It flowers from August to November and grows on sandy soils in swampy depressions, flats, and sand dunes.[2] The stems of the flowers (pedicels) are 0.5–2 mm long and spreading to reflexed in fruit. The bracts are leafy and alternate, the sepals are persistent and the 4 or 5 petals are white to pale-pink. There are 3 to 4 stamens and 3 stigmas 3 which are free to the base. The capsule is three valved and narrow-ovoid to elongate-cylindrical, and the seeds are black, shiny, and smooth and 0.7–1 mm in diameter.[5]
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Calandrinia corrigioloides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[3][6] The genus Calandrinia was discovered to be paraphyletic, and the Australasian species were moved to genus Rumicastrum in 2020.[1][7]
