Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes is a plant in the Aizoaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes
Drosanthemum speciosum, or royal dewflower, is a South African succulent with two distinct whorls of staminodes.
Drosanthemum speciosum, commonly known as royal dewflower, is a succulent plant belonging to the ice plant family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Montague District, located in the southern part of South Africa's Cape Province. Its flowers bear two whorls of staminodes. The inner whorl contains approximately thirty very short staminodes that are almost black in color. The outer whorl holds around sixty long staminodes that are bright orange.
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Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Conicosia pugioniformis (L.) N.E.Br.
Pleiospilos compactus (Aiton) Schwantes
Tetragonia decumbens Mill.
Delosperma cooperi (Hook.fil.) L.Bolus
Drosanthemum lavisii L.Bolus
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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