Delosperma versicolor L.Bolus

Glabrum vel glabrescens, diffuse ramosum, circa ad 8 cm. altum; radix crassa, cum aetate ad 4.5 cm. diam.; rami decumbentes vel laxe adscendentes compressi, anguste alati, pallidi, demum teretes lignosique, saepe 10 cm. longi, ad 2 mm., senecti ad 5 mm., diam., internodiis saepius 0.5-1.5 cm. longis; folia erecta vel patentia, supra plana, obtuse carinata, lateribus leviter convexis, lat. visa prope apicem leviter angustata, acuta apiculata, sordide glauce viridia, levia vel infima in ramulo rare pubeiscentia, 1-1.5 cm., vel in cultissimis 2.5 cm., longa, 2-3 mm. lata diametroque, vagina 1 mm. longa; flores 1-2-nati vel irregulariter 1-2-ternati, diurni, saepe 1.8 cm. diam.; pedunculi teretes, 3-5 mm. longi; receptaculum clavate turbinatum, demum subglobose turbinatum, 4 mm. longum, rarius ad 5 mm. diam.; sepala 5, 2 exteriora obscure carinata, elongata ad 7 mm. vel in fructu immaturo accrescentia, interiora 3 breviora marginata, 3-4 mm. longa; petala difformia, exteriora 2-seriata, densa, primo lutea vel aurea, deinde cuprea externeque rubescentia, demum cupreo purpurea, apice rotundata vel obscure emargiuata, e medio infeme angustata, ad 8 mm. longa, fere ad 2 mm. lata, interiora sat pauca, multo angustiora acuminata, 5 mm. longa; staminodia ad stamina conice conferta adpressa, apicem versus ere eta vel radiantia, demum etiam vix recurva, 4 mm. longa; filamenta pallida, ad 3 mm. longa, intima medio parce papillata, antheris pollineque albidis; glanduiae approximatae crenulatae; ovarium circa marginem planum, lobis erectis approximatis obtusis, per 1 mm. elevatis; stigmata 5, subulata, in siccis atrata, 2.25 mm. longa; capsula 7 mm., expansa 1 cm., diam., supra per 2 mm. elevata, lobis valde compressis, marginibus leviter ringentibus.