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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Galenia pubescens

by Ron Vanderhoff
Common Name(s)
Coastal Galenia, Galenia, Blanket Weed, Carpet Weed
Synonym(s)
Aizoon pubescens, Galenia spathulata

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  succulent

South Africa

A procumbent, mat-forming, gray-green, much-branched perennial to 1+ meters wide. Young stems show sparse, closely appressed scales. Leaves semi-succulent, spaced, gray-green, folded, with midvein visible abaxially, broadly obovate to spatulate, .5-2.2 x .2-2 cm, narrow at base, obtuse or subobtuse at apex, papillate. Flowers visible, mostly on main stem, calyx lobes white to pink adaxially, linear, 2.5 x 1 mm, hairy abaxially; anthers deep pink; styles 5. Capsules conspicuous, persistent with leaf bases, 2.5-3 x 1 mm. Seeds 5.

Not known to be in the horticultural trade in California. Elsewhere in the world it is not known as a horticultural plant.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
USDA Plants Database page
Tropicos Species Page
US National Germplasm Database
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