Chamaerhodos erecta :

Scientific Name:

Kingdom: Plantae

Division:

• Tracheophyta (vascular)
• Spermatophyta (seed bearing)
Angiospermae (enclosed seed)

Class: Dicoteldonae (two seed-leaves)

Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Genera: Chamaerhodos (Chamaerhodos)

Species: erecta (standing up right)

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Structure:

• From a strong subligneous (sub-woody) taproot.
• Stems one to several, 8 to 30cm hing. Usually simple (unbranched) lower down and branching above.
• Plant hirsute (with spreading hairs) and glandular-pubescent (hairy).

Leaves:

• Basal leaves forming a compact rosette, bi-ternately or tri-ternately dissected, 1.5 to 4.0cm long.
• Final leaflets linear to oblong in shape.
• Stem leaves alternately arranged becoming reduced and sessile (stalkless) above.

Reproductive Parts:

• Flowers numerous in bracted cymes.
• Sepals 5, long-triangular in shape, 1.2-2.5mm long, sparsely shiny hirsute (spreading hairs), alternating with bractlets.
• Petals 5, slightly longer than sepals, white.
• Stamens (male parts) 5.

Seed:

• Fruit a brownish achene, 1.2 to 1.5 mm long.

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Physiology:

Life Cycle:

• Biennial or short lived perennial.

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Habitat:

• Dry sandy and gravelly slopes.

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