Drosanthemum crassum L.Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Stiff, succulent shrub, up to 260 mm, with yellow-brown stems papillate when young, becoming twisted with age. Leaves ovate, 5-8 mm long, up to 3 mm thick, papillate. Flowers solitary, petals up to 10 mm long, filamentous staminodes absent. Fruit deciduous, on bluntly spinescent pedicels, base funnel-shaped, short, expanding keels diverging, 5-locular.
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Plants erect. Stiff shrublet to 26 cm, with yellow-brown stems papillate when young, becoming twisted with age. Leaves ovate, papillate. Flowers solitary. Fruits 5-locular, deciduous, pedicels bluntly spinescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Drosanthemum crassum world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000656889
COL ID 37QJG
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Synonyms

Drosanthemum crassum