View source for Conicosia pugioniformis

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|accepted_name=Conicosia pugioniformis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) N. E. Brown in E. P. Phillips
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in E. P. Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.,
|place=247. 1926
|year=1926
}}
|common_names=Pigroot
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mesembryanthemum pugioniforme
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 488. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Conicosia capitata
|authority=(Haworth) Sc hwantes
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mesembryanthemum capitatum
|authority=Haworth
}}
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Conicosia;Conicosia pugioniformis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Conicosia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Conicosia pugioniformis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 85
|treatment_page=page 88
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial. <b>Roots</b> single, to 30 × 1–2.5 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: cauline leaves scattered, crowded toward end of stems; blade gray-green, grooved or flat adaxially, 15–20 × 0.5–2 cm, apex acute, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle to 12 cm. <b>Flowers</b> lasting 2–4 days, 5–9 cm diam.; petals 200–250, in concentric rows, shining yellow; stamens to 10 mm; ovary 10–20-loculed. <b>Seeds</b> 75–200, dark brown, 1–1.8 mm, ca. 25% located within paired pockets. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Sandy places, especially coastal dunes
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Africa.
|discussion=<p>In California floras, Herrea elongata (Haworth) L. Bolus and <i>Mesembryanthemum</i> elongatum Haworth have been misapplied to <i>Conicosia pugioniformis</i>.</p>
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name=Conicosia pugioniformis
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) N. E. Brown in E. P. Phillips
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Conicosia capitata;Mesembryanthemum capitatum
|basionyms=Mesembryanthemum pugioniforme
|family=Aizoaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Sandy places, especially coastal dunes
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in E. P. Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.,
|publication year=1926
|special status=
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|genus=Conicosia
|species=Conicosia pugioniformis
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