Ceropegia glenensis (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ceropegia

Characteristics

Perennial herb. Tuber probably up to about 50 mm diam., somewhat depressed. Stems 1 or 2, branching from the base, tufted, up to about 100 mm high, glabrous or thinly and minutely pubescent. Leaves linear-oblong, up to about 30 x 5 mm, shortly petiolate, glabrescent below, glabrous above. Flowers 2-10 together in extra-axillary fascicles, opening more or less together; pedicels more or less erect, 10-15 mm long. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, 5 mm long. Corolla 35-40 mm long, glabrous outside; tube campanulate, 4-5 mm long; lobes linear-attenuate from an ovate base, 30-35 mm long, margins recurved, shortly pilose on inner surface below middle. Corona cupular at base, forming 5 pockets with 2 teeth on outer margin near base of inner lobes; inner lobes oblong-obtuse, incumbent on filaments and connivent over staminal column.
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Perennial, dwarf, geophytic herb, up to 100 mm high; tuber depressed-globose. Stems 1 or 2 annually, branching from base; glabrous or with minute hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade linear-oblong, up to 15-30 x 7-10 mm, upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrescent. Flowers: 2-10 at nodes opening almost simultaneously; corolla 35-40 mm long, < 5 mm in diameter, glabrous on outer surface, tube 4-5 mm, cup-shaped, lobes 30-35 mm long, margins recurved, yellowish; Mar. Fruit a follicle.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ceropegia glenensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77167178-1
WFO ID wfo-0001424364
COL ID 5XNF5
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Brachystelma glenense Ceropegia glenensis