Small, perennial herbs.
Stipules membranous, silvery and scarious, hiding the minute
leaves. Leaves fleshy. Flowers sessile at the ends of branches. Petals
5. Stamens 5-many. Ovary superior. Style filiform, 3-fid at apex or entire. Capsule dehiscing longitudinally into 3-4
valves. Worldwide: 22 species in southern Africa, Yemen and S and E Australia Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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