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|accepted_name=Aptenia cordifolia
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus f.) Schwantes
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gartenflora,
|place=57: 69. 1928
|year=1928
}}
|common_names=Baby sun-rose
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mesembryanthemum cordifolium
|authority=Linnaeus f.
|publication_title=Suppl. Pl.,
|publication_place=260. 1782
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Aptenia;Aptenia cordifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aptenia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aptenia cordifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 83
|treatment_page=page 84
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>short-lived. <b>Stems</b> 3–6 dm; internodes 1–5 cm; often rooting at nodes. <b>Leaf</b> blades 1–3 × 0.5–5 cm, minutely papillate, appearing smooth. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers; axillary pedicel 8–15 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium 6–7 mm; calyx lobes 2–5 mm; petals 80, reflexed, pink to purple (red in hybrid cultivar “Red Apple”), 3–4 mm; staminodia 50, erect, white, 3 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 13–15 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed places, coastal bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, 0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Europe (British Isles);Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>The flowers of <i>Aptenia cordifolia</i> open during the bright hours of the day.</p>
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name=Aptenia cordifolia
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus f.) Schwantes
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mesembryanthemum cordifolium
|family=Aizoaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed places, coastal bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, 0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Europe (British Isles);Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gartenflora,
|publication year=1928
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_173.xml
|genus=Aptenia
|species=Aptenia cordifolia
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