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Lampranthus glaucus

Yellow-flowered plants. Castlecliff. Oct 1998.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Castlecliff Beach. Sep 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Lampranthus

Family

Aizoaceae

Authority

Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1981

Origin

South Africa

Other information

Etymology

glaucus: From the Greek glaukos ‘grey-green’ or ‘sea green’, possibly after the mythical fisherman who was changed into a sea-god in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

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