Ceropegia longifoliata Bruyns

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial (?) herb. Rootstock unknown, presumed to be perennial with fascicled, ± fusiform roots. Stems 1-2, 0.1-0.3 m tall, sparsely branched, glabrous or bifariously puberulous. Leaves subsessile, linear, 30-70 mm long, up to 4 mm broad, scabrous on midrib beneath, margin minutely toothed. Flowers 1-2, lateral at nodes; pedicels 4-8 mm long. Sepals subulate, up to 4 mm long. Corolla about 10 mm long, divided nearly to base, without tube; lobes linear-oblong, acute, replicate, ciliate, with minute papilla-like or clavate, purple hairs to halfway, possibly greenish, tinted with brown. Corona arising i up staminal column, outer lobes subquadrate, about 1.5 mm long, divided halfway into linear-attenuate lobules falcately curved inwards, minutely papillate; inner lobes linear, incumbent-erect, much overtopping outer lobes.
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Perennial herb, 100-300 mm tall. Stems angular or ribbed, glabrous or bifariously puberulous. Leaves linear, up to ± 70 mm long. Corolla with no tube, lobes free at tips, 10 mm long. Flowers greenish, tinted brown, lobes with purple hairs to halfway.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Ceropegia longifoliata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77167126-1
WFO ID wfo-0001424309
COL ID 5XNFH
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Synonyms

Lasiostelma longifolium Brachystelma longifolium Brachystelmaria longifolia Ceropegia longifoliata