Limeaceae
Limeum

Limeum arenicola G.Schellenb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 496 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Molluginaceae, M. L. Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Viscid glandular-pubescent annual herb with prostrate or creeping ± sulcate stems.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, subsucculent, petiolate; laminas 5–28 × 4–18 mm., obovate to broadly obovate or almost circular, cuneate at the base and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, entire, rather glandular-pubescent on both sides; petiole up to 12 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence axillary, subsessile, many-flowered, dense.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers greenish-white, shortly pedicellate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth-segments 5, up to 2–5 mm. long, unequal, broadly ovate with membranous pink edges.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Staminodes
Staminodes nil.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens (5)7.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 2-lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Mericarps larger than perianth-segments, conical, truncate, ridged radially with 2 furrowed auricles at base.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0