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Galenia pubescens (Galenia or Coastal Galenia) is a low-growing perennial herb in the family Aizoaceae.[2][3] It is native to southern Africa and naturalised elsewhere.[2]

Galenia pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Galenia
Species:	G. pubescens
Binomial name
Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce
Synonyms
Aizoon pubescens Eckl & Zeyh[1]

Description

The species is prostrate or decumbent with ovate to spatulate leaves which are covered with hairs when young.[2] The flowers are white with a slight pink tinge and yellow with age.[2] These are followed by capsules which contain shiny, black seeds to 1 mm in length.[2]

Naturalisation

In Australia the species is naturalised in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.[4] In New South Wales, the species is regarded as a noxious weed in the Liverpool Plains and Tamworth regions under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993.[2]

The species is disliked by some beekeepers - although it produces nectar profusely and bees like it, the nectar makes honey taste slightly bitter.^{[citation needed]}

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