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Rodondo Creeper photos

Scientific Name:Drosanthemum candens
Flower of Rodondo Creeper
Flower of Rodondo Creeper
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Name:

Dew-flower

Status:

Native to South Africa. Introduced in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.

Plant Description:

Weakly erect to sprawling
perennial plant with terete (cylindrical) to trigonous (triangular in cross-section) densely papillose (covered in pimple-like swellings) leaves, 3-15 mm long and 1-2.5 mm wide. Stems covered with erect hollow hairs. Flowers 1.5-2.5 mm diameter on slender stalks to 6 cm long but often appearing to be stalkless due to masses of leaves around their bases. Petaloid staminodes (sterile stamens that look like petals) pink or sometimes white, 8-14 mm long.

Habitat:

Planted along cliffs, rocky slopes and sandy foreshores on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay.


RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
*GippslandS0, S1, S2W0, W1
*confined to coastal cliffs and foreshores but also garden grown

Comments:

Similar in appearance to other Pigfaces, including
Rounded Noon-flower and Karkalla but distinguished by its papillose leaves and hairy stems (see Key to Pigfaces and similar plants).

Rodondo Creeper Photos

Flower of Rodondo Creeper
Flower of Rodondo Creeper

Photo: A J Brown
Flowers and leaves  of Rodondo Creeper
Flowers and leaves of Rodondo Creeper
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves and fruit of Rodondo Creeper
Leaves and fruit of Rodondo Creeper
Photo: A J Brown

Pale, almost white flower of Rodondo Creeper
Pale, almost white flower of Rodondo Creeper
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves, hairy stalks and finished flowers of Rodondo Creeper
Leaves, hairy stalks and finished flowers of Rodondo Creeper
Photo: A J Brown

Rodondo Creeper Plant
Rodondo Creeper Plant
Photo: A J Brown

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