Gunniopsis papillata

Gunniopsis papillata, commonly known as the twin-leaf pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia.[1]

Gunniopsis papillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Gunniopsis
Species:
G. papillata
Binomial name
Gunniopsis papillata

The annual herb covered with papillose typically grows to a height of 20 centimetres (8 in). It has grey-green to yellow-green leaves that are spathulate to ovate in shape. Leaves are up to 30 mm (1.18 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in). It blooms between August and October producing solitary white or yellow flowers.[1]

The plant is found long ephemeral creek beds, swales and in depressions on gibber flats in saline areas. It is distributed through central parts of South Australia and also in the southern portion of the Northern Territory and far eastern parts of New South Wales and Queensland where it grows in loam or clay soils[1]

The species was first formally described as Aizoon zygophylloides by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1871 in his work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. It was subsequently reclassified by Robert Chinnock in 1983 in the article The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae) in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[2]

References
  1. "Gunniopsis papillata (Aizoaceae) Twin-leaf Pigface". Seeds of South Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. "Gunniopsis papillata Chinnock". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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