Hoodia pilifera subsp. pilifera

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Succulent shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Stems glaucous-green, cylindrical, 25-30-angled; tubercle cushions with 5-9 mm long spines. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered. Flowers in stem-grooves, 15-20 mm in diam. Corolla dark purple to maroon, campanulate; tube cupulate, housing gynostegial column; annulus projecting inwards forming constriction at tube mouth; lobes spreading-erect, deltoid-ovate, 4-6 x 6-7 mm, apex acute. Corona dark or reddish purple; interstaminal (outer) corona lobes large, 2-3 mm long, fused to staminal corona at base; staminal (inner) corona lobes broadly linear or tongue-shaped, 0.5-1.0 x 0.6-1.0 mm, obtuse, incumbent on anther backs. Anther wings apically divided (bifid) into 2 large, divergent, falcate lobules. Flowering time Sept.? Follicles paired, fusiform, smooth.
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Few-to many-stemmed shrublet to 800 mm tall. Stems with 21-34 acute to obtuse angles, spines 5-9 mm long. Corolla 16-20 mm diam., usually somewhat campanulate with lobes only slightly spreading and often with slight annulus; outside reddish green; inside dark purple-black to pinkish brown; tube 2.0-2.5 mm deep, with corolla much thickened into annulus and thereby giving rise to often rather constricted sub-pentagonal mouth 4-5 mm diam.; lobes 4-6 mm long, 6-7 mm broad at base, ascending to spreading. Corona 2-3 mm tall, 4-5 mm broad; outer lobes bifid to well below middle into spreading to sub-erect diverging dorsiventrally flattened lobules 1-2 mm long; inner lobes 0.5-1.0 mm long.
Life form perennial
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Distribution

Hoodia pilifera subsp. pilifera world distribution map, present in South Africa

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Synonyms

Hoodia pilifera subsp. pilifera