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Anacampseros rufescens (Haw.) Sweet

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Anacampserotaceae > Anacampseros

Characteristics

Dwarf, succulent, perennial herb, 0.02-0.08 m high; mat-forming, taproot strong, root system extensive. Leaves densely spiraled around short stem; widely depressed ovate, 6 x 8 mm, apex acuminate; deep green, lower surface reddish, papillate; bristle hairs many, ± 20 mm long, wavy. Inflorescences ± 100 mm long, often wavy, branched, dark brown; peduncles ± 30 mm long, 2-4-flowered; bracts white, membranous, apices long-pointed. Flowers white, pink or mauve. Petals widely ovate. Stamens 30-45. Flowering time Nov.-Jan. Fruit a capsule, 30 mm long.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.08 m high; matforming. Leaves densely spiralled round short stems; blade ovate to broadly ovate, ± 20 x 10 mm, apex acute, glabrous, lower surface reddish, axillary hairs many. Flowers: inflorescence up to 100 mm long; corolla pink; Nov.-Apr.
A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 8 cm tall. The leaves are in dense spirals around the stems. They are 2 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 10 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08
Root system tap-root
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Anacampseros rufescens world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:698289-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532996
COL ID 66HF8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Anacampseros rufescens Anacampseros arachnoides var. grandiflora
WorldFloraDB 2024