Stapelia hirsuta

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: perennial
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Exposure: sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: orange, yellow
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Scientific Names



Read about Stapelia hirsuta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. G.C. II. 7:335; III. 44: 169. CH


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