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Cotyledon orbiculata

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Identification
Cotyledon orbiculata L. [family CRASSULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for COTYLEDON orbiculata Linn. [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 327, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
COTYLEDON orbiculata Linn. [family CRASSULACEAE], Sp. 614;—DC. l. c. 396. Pl. Grass. t. 76. Bot. Mag. t. 321. E. & Z.! 1957.
COTYLEDON crassifolia E. & Z. [family CRASSULACEAE], ! 1956.
COTYLEDON oblonga E. & Z. [family CRASSULACEAE], ! 1958. Zey.! 2566, 2567, 672. Drege! 6925.
Information
leaves opposite, glabrous, powdery and glaucous, roundish-obovate or oblong-obovate, cuneate at base, obtuse, mucronate; peduncles terminal, very long, glabrous, loosely panicled, many flowered; flowers glabrous, tube of the corolla 4–5 times as long as the calyx, 2–2 1/2 times as long as the limb. Stem robust, branching, bushy. Leaves 2–4 inches long, 1–2 1/2 inches wide, varying much in shape from oblong to broadly obovate, usually tipped with an abrupt point. Peduncle 2 feet long, ending in a spreading panicle. Tube of the corolla 3/4–1 inch long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA N. & W sides of Table Mt.; near the Zwartkops R., Uit. and at Konabshoogde, Caffr., E. & Z.! Paarlberg and Weltevrede, Gamke R., Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk.)

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