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Home Home » TYPES » Mesembs » Conicosia pugioniformis towards the end of flowering
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Conicosia pugioniformis towards the end of flowering

Conicosia pugioniformis towards the end of flowering
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  • Conicosia elongata
  • Conicosia pugioniformis
  • Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. alborosea
  • Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. alborosea flower
  • Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. alborosea flower and sepal
  • Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis flower
  • Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis in production mode
  • Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis, varkslaai
  • Conicosia pugioniformis towards the end of flowering
  • Cylindrophyllum comptonii of the Little Karoo
  • Cylindrophyllum tugwelliae
  • Dinteranthus microspermus subsp. puberulus
  • Dinteranthus microspermus subsp. puberulus
  • Dinteranthus microspermus subsp. puberulus bud opening
  • Dinteranthus microspermus subsp. puberulus with dry capsules
  • Dracophilus dealbatus
  • Dracophilus dealbatus flowers

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In this picture of Conicosia pugioniformis the large, solitary flowers on their long erect, yellowish stalks have finished flowering. The fruit capsules are forming with some long green sepals, fleshy and oblong, spreading above the fading corolla. The corolla may have had up to 250 petals in several rows. The flower has an unpleasant scent.

There may be up to 25 locules per fruit capsule, as well as two seed pockets on the outer wall of each seed chamber. The capsules lack expanding keels. The valves open when it is dry, releasing smooth, round seeds.

This plant has become an invader in California in the USA (Smith, et al, 1998; Wikipedia).

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