Flora of North America species comparison

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Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

slender-leaf iceplant, small flower iceplant
Habit Plants annual.
Stems

prostrate to ascending, branched from base, 15–20 cm, sessile.
Leaves

blade ± terete, linear, 1–2 cm.
Inflorescences

axillary, flowers solitary, sessile or petiolate;

bracts absent.
Flowers

4–5 mm diam.;

hypanthium obconic;

calyx lobes 5, equal;

petals 20, connate, white, aging yellow;

stamens 10.
Capsules

finely papillate.
Seeds

100, smooth to minutely tuberculate.
2n

= 36.

Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Coastal bluffs, margins of saline wetlands
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NJ; Mexico (Baja California); Europe (Mediterranean); Asia; Atlantic Islands; Australia [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 85.
Parent taxa Aizoaceae > Mesembryanthemum
Sibling taxa
M. crystallinum
Synonyms Cryophytum nodiflorum, Gasoul nodiflorum
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 480. (1753)
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