Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, L.
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2. M. crystallinum L. View in CoL View Cited Treatment , Sp. Pl. 480 (1753)
( Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N.E. Br. ).
Like 1 but whole plant densely crystallinepapillose; leaves spathulate to broadly ovate, flat; petals longer than sepals. Maritime sands and salt-marshes. Mediterranean region extending to Portugal. BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si [Az].
A species of Drosanthemum (a genus very closely related to Mesembryanthemum ), D. candens (Haw.) Schwantes , Zeitschr. Sukkulentenk. 3: 30 (1927), with procumbent stems, not rooting freely at the nodes, almost cylindrical leaves c. 1 cm long, covered with papillae, and pure white petals that are longer than the sepals, is naturalized locally in Portugal, S.W. England and the Açores.
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |