Aizoon secundum, the onesided galenia, is a species of flowering plant native to southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa (Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces).[1] It is naturalized in Australia (Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales), Spain, and the United States (Florida and New Jersey).[2][3][4][5][6] In Spain and Australia, is considered an invasive weed threatening native vegetation.[7][8]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Aizoon |
| Species: | A. secundum
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| Aizoon secundum L.f. (1782)
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Aizoon secundum is shrub or perennial herb with grayish-white stems that trail along the ground for as much as 60 cm, forming mats. Leaves are grayish-white, folded inward, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are small, white to yellowish, up to 2 mm in diameter, often hidden by the leaves. [4][9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b Aizoon secundum L.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). Galenia secunda
- ^ Prescott, A. & J. Venning. 1984. Aizoaceae. Flora of Australia 19–62
- ^ a b Flora of North America, vol 4 p 79, Galenia secunda
- ^ Adamson, R. S. 1956. The South African species of Aizoaceae III. Galenia L. J. S. Afr. Bot. 22: 87-127.
- ^ Prescott, A. 1984. Galenia. In: R. Robertson et al., eds. Flora of Australia. 23+ vols. Canberra. Vol. 4, pp. 50-52.
- ^ García-De-Lomas, Juan; Hernández, Ignacio; Sánchez-García, Íñigo (2009). "Incipient invasion of Galenia secunda Sond. (Aizoaceae) in Southern Spain". Biological Invasions. 11 (2): 467–472. Bibcode:2009BiInv..11..467G. doi:10.1007/s10530-008-9278-2.
- ^ Weeds in Australia, Australian Government
- ^ Sonder, Otto Wilhelm in Harvey, William Henry. 1862. Flora capensis :being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape colony, Caffraria, & Port Natal (and neighbouring territories) 2: 474..
- ^ Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle