• Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 458 (1753)
  • Status
  • NAaccepted (present)
  • TAaccepted (present)
  • Map
  • 1000 km
    1000 mi
    Leaflet © CJBG
  • Ecology and Distribution :
  • Tropical Africa
    Biology :
    Glaucous, fleshy, caespitose perennial to 50(-70) cm tall; stems numerous, erect, usually simple, often reddish at the base, densely leafy;
    Ecology :
    Coastal sands and dunes. Madeira, Canary Islands; W & S Europe; N Africa, Middle-East; introduced in SE Australia (Cunninghamia 7: 563-578, 2002).
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    Trav. Inst. Sci. Chérifien, Sér. Bot. 12: 104 (1960).
    Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 603 (1963). 
    Fl. Eur. 2: 225 (1968).
    Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 479 (1979).
    Fl. Libya 89: 44 (1982).
    Med-Checklist 3: 218 (1986).
    Fl. Andaluc. Occ. 2: 235 (1987). 
    Fl. Iberica 8: 284 (1997). 
    Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 66 (2000).
    Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 180 (2005)
    Fl. Prat. Maroc 2: 217 (2007).
    BORGES P.A.V., C. ABREU & AL. (2008). A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos.. 194 
    Fl. Tunisie (Le Floc'h & Boulos) : 182 (2008).