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Phaeoptilum spinosum Radlk.

Family:	NYCTAGINACEAE
Genus:	Phaeoptilum
Species:	Phaeoptilum spinosum
Scientific name:	Phaeoptilum spinosum Radlk.
Life form:	Nano-phanerophyte: very small 0.5-2 m high with vertically compressed stems (internodes not visible)
Life cycle duration:	perennial
Mean plant height:	2500 mm

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