View source for Stapelia hirsuta

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|familia=Asclepiadaceae
|genus=Stapelia
|species=hirsuta
|common_name=Hairy starfish flower
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=cacti-succulent
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=6
|Min ht metric=in
|Max ht box=8
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=8
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flowers=orange, yellow
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=10
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|image=Flordecactus2.jpg
|image_width=200
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Describe plant here...

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Stapelia hirsuta, Linn. Sts. erect, 5-8, occasionally 12 in. high, softly puberulous, green: fls. 1-3 together, near the base of young sts.; corolla 4-5 in. diam., basal half of lobes cream-color, more or less tinted with purplish on the disk, upper half very dark purple-brown, marked with transverse cream-colored or yellowish and purple-brown lines, white-hairy. S. Afr. Var. unguipetala, N. E. Br. (S. unguipetala, N. E. Br.). Corolla 3 1/2 – 4 1/2 in. diam., disk with the center and 5 bands radiating to the sinuses, pale greenish ochre, margins of the upper half of the lobes much revolute, tips up-curved. S.Afr.
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File:Cactus2 - by Hey Skinny.jpg| (ball leaves belong to unrelated plant)
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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