Publication: Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 434 1873
Description
Mesembryanthemum tetrasepalum is a prostrate to ascending succulent plant, suffruticose and much branched. This plant is known only in cultivation and shows a similarity with Aptenia cordifolia. M. tetrasepalum is probably one of the many hybrid forms of the latter species.
Intermodes: Terete.
Leaves: Decussate, petiolate, flat, spatulately lanceolate and acute, bladder cells small.
Flowers: Calix usually 4-, rarely 5-lobed, petals pink.
Origin and Habitat
Distristributio unknown.
Bibliography
Major references and further lectures
- Heidrun E.K. Hartmann “Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae F-Z” Springer Science & Business Media, 2002