Английская Википедия:Cheiridopsis speciosa

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Cheiridopsis speciosa is a species of plant from South Africa.

Description

This succulent is a robust, clump-forming subshrub that grows up to Шаблон:Convert tall with a diameter of up to Шаблон:Convert.[1] The leaves are a pale grey-green in colour with crimped margins. They are lightly keeled and faintly spotted.[1]

Flowers are present between August and September.[2] As with the other species of the genus, the flowers are open during the day and closed at night.[3] The flowers are solitary and with carmine to coppery petals. The centers may be magenta. They may also rarely be pure golden in colour.[1] The anthers are pale yellow.[2]

The fruit is 10-locular and cylindrical.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the Northern Cape of South Africa, whre it grows in the dry habitats found in Namaualand.[4][5] It grows on quartzite outcrops and flats between Lekkersing, Vlakmyn and Spitskloof.[2]

Conservation

Cheiridopsis speciosa is considered to be of least concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.[4]

References

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