Cotyledon campanulata Marloth

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Cotyledon

Characteristics

Shrublets with spreading, later decumbent, branches up to 0.2 m long, much branched from base. Leav es opposite, linear to lanceolate, (40-)50-80(-130) x 10-25(-35) mm, acute and usually pointed, convex below and usually grooved above, densely covered with glandular hairs, yellowish green, with apical margin more or less brown and often undulate at least when young. Inflorescence a thyrse with 3-5 dichasia each with 3-8 flowers; peduncle 0.15-0.35(-0.45) m long, viscid. Calyx: lobes triangular-ovate, 3-5 mm long, acute, densely covered with glandular hairs. Corolla yellow rarely yellowish green; tube cylindrical, 5-8 mm long, viscid outside, glabrous inside except for a tuft of hairs where filaments are fused to tube; lobes linear-lanceolate, reflexed and straight. Anthers 2-2.5 mm long. Squamae transversely oblong, 0.7-1 x 1.6-2 mm, slightly emarginate, fleshy, pale yellow.
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Shrublets, much branched from base, spreading, later decumbent, ± 0.2 m high. Leaves linear, 50-80 x 10-25 mm, acute, convex below, grooved above, densely covered with glandular hairs, yellowish green, apical margins brown and undulate. Inflorescence an erect thyrse with 3-5 dichasia, each with 3-8 flowers; peduncle 0.15-0.35 m long, viscid. Caly x: lobes triangular-ovate, 3-5 mm long, acute, covered with glandular hairs. Corolla yellow to yellowish green; tube cylindrical, 5-8 mm long, viscid outside, glabrous inside; lobes linear-lanceolate, reflexed and straight. Flowering time Oct.-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Images

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Distribution

Cotyledon campanulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272581-1
WFO ID wfo-0000623699
COL ID 6B8H5
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Synonyms

Cotyledon campanulata Cotyledon teretifolia