Tylecodon pygmaeus (W.F.Barker) Toelken

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Scientific Name

Tylecodon pygmaeus (W.F.Barker) Toelken

Common Name(s)

Pygmy Butterbush

Synonym(s)

Cotyledon pygmaea

Scientific Classification

Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Kalanchoideae
Genus: Tylecodon

Origin

This species is native to South Africa. It grows on quartz gravel flats northeast of Bitterfontein to between Soutrivier and Varsrivier in the Western Cape Province.

Description

Tylecodon pygmaeus is a small succulent with an underground tuberous base that produces one, rarely few smooth erect branches with grey bark, often with dark grey striations. The tuber is smooth with pink-brown flesh and up to 2.8 inches (7 cm) in diameter. Branches are erect, up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall, and up to 0.3 inches (0.8 cm) in diameter. Leaves are disc-shaped to almost terete and club-shaped, up to 2 inches (50 cm) long and up to 2.8 inches (4.5 cm) wide, covered with shiny translucent globose to heart-shaped crystal-like hairs. They are dry at blooming. The flowers are upright, pale yellowish-green, often tinged pink, with cylindrical, up to 0.25 inches (0.6 cm) long corolla tube and arranged in a sparse glandular-pubescent inflorescence with up to 2 inches (5 cm) long peduncle. They appear in summer.

Etymology

The specific epithet "pygmaeus (pig-MAY-us)" is a Latin adjective meaning "short" or "of reduced stature" and refers to the small size of the plant.

Tylecodon pygmaeus (Pygmy Butterbush) - World of Succulents

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