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Caudex and leaves from
Specks.
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This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was described by Friedrich
Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1896. It is only found in
the Cape Province, South
Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The
caudex can grow up to seven centimetres in diameter, the branches
will grow up to 20 centimetres. The hairy flowers are crème colour
to brown.
*This family might been incorporated
in the
Apocynaceae
family now.
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