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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Aizoaceae
Carpobrotus
Sibling

Carpobrotus aff. rossii (N.W. Victoria)

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Threat status

FFG: Critically Endangered (CR)

Plants largely resembling C. modestus but with stems to 1.5 m long and 14 mm diam., leaves to 12 cm long and 13 mm thick; flowers to 5 cm diam.,on pedicel to 3 cm long; petaloid staminodes c. 60–80, up to 23 mm long; stamens 200–300, in 3–4 series; styles 6–10, free. Flowers ?June–Oct.

LoM, MuM, MSB. Also SA. Recorded from north-west Victoria on floodplains of the Murray River around Mildura and Piangil, with an isolated record on a clay flat in the Big Desert.

An entity of uncertain status or affinity. It is possible that plants represent a distinct undescribed taxon. Alternatively, they may represent a robust or polyploid race of C. modestus, or are the result of hybridisation (e.g. C. modestus × C. aequilaterus).

This taxon is variably referred to as Carpobrotus aff. rossii (N.W. Victoria), Carpobrotus sp. NW Victoria and Carpobrotus sp. Short calyx (S.T.Blake 20451), and has been included in a more broadly defined C. rossii in A. Prescott & J. Venning, Flora of Australia 4: 27 (1984) and J.P. Jessop, Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 193 (1986).

Created by: Neville Walsh, 15 Feb. 2016

Updated by: Andre Messina, 30 Jan. 2024

Carpobrotus aff. rossii (N.W. Victoria) (hero image)

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Carpobrotus aff. rossii (N.W. Victoria) (distribution map)

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Carpobrotus aff. rossii (N.W. Victoria)

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New South Wales Flora

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