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Home Home » TYPES » Mesembs » Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis flower
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Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis flower

Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis flower
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  • Chasmatophyllum musculinum
  • Chasmatophyllum musculinum flowers
  • Chasmatophyllum musculinum leaves
  • 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
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The multitude of pale yellow petals spread thinly, pointing away from the stamens and staminodes in the flower centre of Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis. This brings about the soft texture in the delicate structure of the flower. Tiny water cells occur on these petal margins.

This subspecies was found growing on the west coast near Grotto Bay, too far south to be subsp. alborosea that lives in the Northern Cape, (particularly Namaqualand) and too far north (and west) to be subsp. muirii that grows from Hawston to Hankey.

None of these subspecies is considered to be threatened in their habitats early in the twenty first century (Smith, et al, 1998; Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; iSpot; www.redlist.sanbi.org).

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