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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Lampranthus N.E.Br.

LAMPRANTHUS N. E. Br.

Trailing to erect, perennial succulent shrubs. Lvs opposite, sessile, 3-angled to terete, entire or denticulate, smooth or papillate; papillae not glittering. Fls usually in terminal or axillary cymes, or sometimes solitary, pedicellate, usually with leaflike bracts. Sepals 5, unequal: 2 triangular, acuminate, 3 smaller with expanded membranous margins. Petals numerous, > sepals, free; stamens numerous; staminodes 0. Placentation parietal. Stigmas (4)-5-(7), plumose. Capsule (4)-5-(7)-locular; expanding keels divergent; wings present; locules with lids; placental tubercle 0. Seeds obovoid, weakly compressed, rugose.

Key

1
Lvs 3-angled; stamen filaments yellow or bright purple
2
Lvs subterete to weakly 3-angled; stamen filaments white to pale pink
3
2
Lf keel smooth; lvs 30-90 mm long, not papillate; fls purple
2. *"Hunter Gully"
Lf keel crenulate; lvs 14-16 mm long, papillate with small reddish dots; fls yellow
1. *glaucus
3
Branchlets and peduncles greenish to mid brown, ± flexible; petals pinkish purple
3. *spectabilis
Branchlets and peduncles reddish to dark brown, twiggy; petals rich purple
*"purple"ζ

180 spp., Namibia and S. Africa. Naturalised spp. 4.

Other Lampranthus spp. are cultivated and likely to become naturalised.

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