Stomatium ermininum, called the ermine chop, is a species of flowering plant in the ice plant genus Stomatium, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2] Its yellow flowers open in the evening and are banana-scented.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Aizoaceae |
Genus: | Stomatium |
Species: | S. ermininum
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Stomatium ermininum | |
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References
edit- ^ Z. Sukkulentenk. 2: 176 (1926)
- ^ a b "Stomatium ermininum (Haw.) Schwantes". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Gardeners Chronicle. 164. Purnell and Sons: 15. 1968.
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(help) - ^ "Stomatium ermininum ermine chop". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 14 March 2021.