Pygmy Purslane: Stigma

Pygmy Purslane (Calandrinia granulifera)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Betalains (Caryophyllales)

Family:

Purslane (Portulacaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pygmy Purslane (Calandrinia granulifera)

This Photo:

Stigma

Thank you Ralph Foster for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
~11mm wide, white/translucent flowers.
Fresh anthers appear pink and go burgandy as they age. The stigma is pale/translucent.
The leaves look split in two, but are basically buds. The flower pops out the middle of the two leaf halves!!!!

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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