Anacampseros arachnoides

Anacampseros arachnoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Anacampserotaceae
Genus: Anacampseros
Species:
A. arachnoides
Binomial name
Anacampseros arachnoides
(Haw.) Sims

Anacampseros arachnoides is a species of succulent plant native to the Little Karoo region of South Africa.[1]

Description

Anacampseros arachnoides, growing near Montagu, South Africa
Anacampseros arachnoides illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine

This species grows slender erect stems (5 cm tall).

The leaves are hairy, compact, and densely arranged in a 2/5 spiral (In contrast, those of An.albidiflora and An.filamentosa are generally in a 3/8 spiral).

Each leaf is ovoid in shape, about as thick as it is wide (20mm in length x 15mm wide), and has a tiny acute point.

The flowers are pink-to-white.

Distribution

An. arachnoides occurs in the Little Karoo region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It can also be found just to the north, in the southern edge of the Great Karoo.

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References

  1. ^ Dyer, R. Allen, The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants. ISBN 0 621 02854 1, 1975


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