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Avonia
''Anacampseros'' L. is a genus comprising about a hundred species of small perennial succulent plants native to Southern Africa, Ethiopia and Latin America. The botanical name ''Anacampseros'' is an ancient one for herbs supposed to restore lost love. The Australian species '' Grahamia australiana'' was at one time included in the genus ''Anacampseros'', but the entire genus now is regarded as Southern African, and no longer includes any Australian representatives. Description Plants in the genus ''Anacampseros'' are perennial. In habit they are small undershrubs or sprawling herbs that may form dense mats. Mature plants of many of the species form a small caudex or a tuberous root-stock. The leaves of most species are succulent and may be either lanceolate in shape or rounded.Dyer, R. Allen, The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. , 1975 The arrangement of leaves on a stem is alternate. The leaves in most species are closely spaced, and in some species they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacampseros Albidiflora
''Anacampseros albidiflora'' is a species of succulent plant native to the Great Karoo and Little Karoo regions of South Africa.Dyer, R. Allen, ''The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants''. , 1975 Description The small (4 cm high), erect column-stems of this species are extremely hairy. The tiny rounded leaves have slight downcurved tips. The long (up to 2 cm), white, curling hairs extend further out than its small (7x5mm), red-green, rounded (obovoid), densely packed leaves, and cover them. (Unlike ''Anacampseros subnuda'', its older leaves do not become bald.) ''An. albidiflora'' has pale pink to white-ish flowers, each with roughly 25 stamens. Similar related species It is often confused with the related species, ''Anacampseros arachnoides'' - another hairy ''Anacampseros'' with a similar distribution (though favouring slightly moister habitats). However the leaves of ''An. arachnoides'' are ovoid, with tiny acuminate points, and are arranged in a 2/5 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
