Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin is a plant in the Zygophyllaceae family, order Zygophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin

Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin

Tetraena fontanesii is a small halophile-xerophile plant found across the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and northwest Africa.

Genus
Tetraena
Order
Zygophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin

Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin is both a halophile and xerophile plant. It can grow up to 50 cm tall. It produces sub-cylindrical or curved leaves, and its flowers range in color from white to yellow. Its fruits measure between 5 and 7 mm. This species is distributed across the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and northwest Africa, specifically in Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Senegal.

Photo: (c) František Bednár, all rights reserved, uploaded by František Bednár

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Zygophyllales Zygophyllaceae Tetraena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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