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Adromischus filicaulis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.A.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Adromischus

Characteristics

Perennial succulent, branched with decumbent or prostrate branches ± 0.35 m high, with flaking bark; stilt-roots stiff. Leaves lanceolate, terete, 20-50 x 5-10 mm, apex acute, rarely with purple spots, fragile, easily shedded. Inflorescence a spike-like thyrse, 0.20-0.35 m long with 1-3-flowered cymes, green tinged brown. Buds terete, abruptly constricted towards apex, spreading. Corolla with cylindrical tube 10-13 mm long, yellowish green, tinged brownish red; lobes broadly triangular, 1-2 mm long cuspidate, rough without trichomes, white to pale yellow, tinged pink or mauve with mauve mucro. Squamae square to transversely oblong, emarginate. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
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Small, fibrous-rooted, often creeping, succulent perennial, with branches up to 0.35 m long. Leaves nearly sessile, linear-elliptic and terete-fusiform, grey-green, rarely red-spotted, with a slight horny tip. Flowers in a spike-like, usually unbranched inflorescence; corolla tube 10-13 mm long, green to red, lobes 1-2 mm long, rough on inside.
Succulent perennial to 35 cm. Leaves ovoid. Flowers in a spicate cyme, greenish and red, cylindric, not grooved, lobes short and cuspidate, forming a frill, anthers shortly exserted.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 6-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Adromischus filicaulis world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272131-1
WFO ID wfo-0000521339
COL ID 6562K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Adromischus filicaulis Adromischus fragilis Adromischus fusiformis Adromischus kleinioides Cotyledon fusiformis Cotyledon filicaulis Adromischus fragilis var. numeensensis Adromischus mammillaris var. rubra Adromischus filicaulis subsp. filicaulis

Lower taxons

Adromischus filicaulis subsp. marlothii
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