Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Disphyma clavellatum (Haw.) Chinnock, New Zealand J. Bot. 14: 78 (1976)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Mesembryanthemum clavellatum Haw. (1803)
Vernacular Name(s):
Jellybeans
Description
Trailing herb. Stem prostrate, terete, glabrous. Lvs terete or weakly 3-angled, obtuse and mucronate at apex, clavate, tapering to shortly connate base, (5)–20–30–(50) × (4)–5–6–(10) mm; margins papillate. Fls 2–4 cm diam. Calyx glabrous; sepal keels smooth. Petals purple with white base, in 2 rows, 10–30 mm long. Stamens 5–7 mm long; filaments hairy at base; anthers whitish yellow. Capsule 5–12 mm diam., valves with widely divergent expanding keels; placental tubercle 2-lobed. Seeds pale brown to brown, weakly rugose or smooth, c. 1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Jan.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.
Bibliography
Chinnock, R.J. 1976: Studies in Disphyma - a genus related to Mesembryanthemum. 2. Infrastructure subdivision of Disphyma australe and notes on the Australian species of Disphyma. New Zealand Journal of Botany 14: 77–78.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Coloniser]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Coloniser]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Coloniser]
