Thursday, June 20, 2013

Cardionema ramosissimum (cardionema, sandcarpet)

Description
Pink Family. 
A flat or clumping mat-forming perennial plant which grows along the coastline. From a taproot it extends many petite to sprawling stems up to 30 cm long and covered in very tiny leaves, which are about 1 cm long and needlelike. Filling in the spaces between the spine-shaped leaves are long stipules. The plant bears tiny woolly flowers.

Location
Beach.



























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