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| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| color = IndianRed
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| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
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Stapelia variegata, Linn. (S. normalis, Jacq.). Plant glabrous: sts. erect from a decumbent base, 2-6 in. high, very obtusely 4-angled, green, often mottled all over or tinted with purple at the tips: fls. 1-5 together, at base of young sts.; corolla 2-3 in. diam., lobes smooth and green outside, inner surface rugose with crowded irregular transverse ridges on the lobes, pale greenish yellow, with dark purple-brown spots. S. Afr. B.M. 26. R.H. 1857, p. 43. Var. atrata, N. E. Br. (S. atrata, Tod.). Corolla-lobes deltoid-acuminate, ground-color dark purple-brown. Var. atropurpurea, N. E. Br. (S. atropurpurea, Salm-Dyck). Corolla-lobes ovate; ground-color blackish purple. Var. clypeata, N. E. Br. (S. Bufonis, Sims). Corolla 2 1/2 - 3 in. diam. spotted all over, with or without a few slender transverse lines at the base of the lobes. B.M. 1676. Var. Curtisii, N. E. Br. (S. Curtisii, Schult.). Outer lobes of crown very slightly notched; ground-color of corolla light yellow or rather bright sulfur-yellow. Var. mixta, N. E. Br. (S. mixta, Mass.). Corolla 2 1/2 – 3 3/4 in. diam., light-colored; lobes with numerous rounded spots, those of the basal half connected by slender transverse purple-brown lines. Var. trisulca, N. E. Br. (S. trisulca, Donn.). Corolla in mature bud flat-topped, without a point, when expanded flat on the back of the disk.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- 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 -->
==External links==
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[[Category:Categorize]]
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