Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes is a plant in the Aizoaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes

Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes

Corpuscularia lehmannii is a compact hairless succulent with triangular glaucous leaves and pale translucent flowers.

Family
Genus
Corpuscularia
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes

This species was previously published under the synonym Delosperma lehmannii. It is a compact succulent plant with hairless glaucous leaves that have a distinct triangular cross-section. The leaves are forked and three-angled, growing spaced out along stems: leaf length reaches up to 4 cm, most commonly 20โ€“25 mm, and leaf width ranges from 8โ€“10 mm. It produces many short, spreading stems. Its open flowers measure approximately 4 cm in diameter, with six sepals. The petals are translucent white to straw-colored, and get shorter toward the flower center. Fruiting capsules have 6 to 8 chambers. Seeds are 0.9โ€“1 mm long and 0.6โ€“0.75 mm wide.

Photo: (c) Abdul-lateef Ismail, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Abdul-lateef Ismail ยท cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae โ€บ Tracheophyta โ€บ Magnoliopsida โ€บ Caryophyllales โ€บ Aizoaceae โ€บ Corpuscularia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy ยท Disclaimer

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