Sarcocaulon patersonii (DC.) Don

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Accepted Scientific Name: Monsonia patersonii DC.
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 639. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] DC. et al.

Origin and Habitat: Namibia (rom Rosh Pinah to Luderitz) and South Africa (Northern Cape Province, coastal zone of Richtersveld)
Habitat: Monsonia patersoniiSN|27997]]SN|27997]] grows holding forth against the wind-blown sand, on very shallow soils on rocky ground on the crests of sandy hillocks and in cracks in igneous rocks from the coast to some km inland in a community, almost exclusively composed of perennial species including Salsola zeyheri, Cephalophyllum ebractreatum, Juttadinteria deserticolaSN|11588]]SN|11588]], Pteronia glabrata and Euphobia verruculosa. In the same area it is also possible to find Aloe variegata, Anacampseros papyraceaSN|11043]]SN|11043]], and Crassula tectaSN|32661]]SN|32661]].

Synonyms:

• Monsonia patersonii DC.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Bushman's candle, Candle Bush
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Boesmanskers, Heldoring, Kersbossie, Maagdoring,

 

Description: Monsonia patersoniiSN|27997]]SN|27997]], best known as Sarcocaulon patersoniiSN|27995]]SN|27995]], is a spiny, erect to spreading-ascending, succulent shrub or shrublet up to 0.5 m tall. It is perhaps the most remarkable of all the species of Sarcocaulon, itself an intriguing genus in the Geraniaceae. This species has wedge shaped leaves and the large flowers bloom in a variety of colours that can transform the landscape beautifully into a magnificent desert flower show. Colours range from dark pink to almost white. It was introduced in cultivation in Europe in1827. This plant has a thick, waxy bark to protect it from sand storms. This bark burns quite easily, albeit with a lot of smoke, giving rise to the common name of 'Bushman's candle'. It produces an incense-like odour when burned.
Roots: Woody tuberous main root.
Stems: Long-lived, fleshy and stiff. Branches usually more than 10 mm wide.
Leaves: Deciduous, oblong wedge shaped, or narrowly to broadly obovate, 5-26 mm long, 4-16 mm broad, glabrous, blunt entire some of them are almost sessile others on short petioles. The petioles are slowly transformed into spine.
Spines: Thick and straight, 2-5 blunt stalks in axils of spines.
Flowers: Hermaphrodite, hypogynous, solitary, about 25 mm in diameter with 5 petals and 5 sepals. Petals 15-30 mm long, rose, pale magenta or purple. Peduncles spinescent.
Remarks: This particular species is also confused with some of the other species of Sarcocaulon. Identification is easier once both flowers and leaves are evident.

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Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Albers F. “Monsonia” in:Urs Eggli “Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons” Springer Science & Business Media, 2002
2) Jean-André Audissou “The genus Sarcocaulon (De Candolle) Sweet (1826)” CACTUS-AVENTURES International N° 70
3) Moffett R. O. “The genus Sarcocaulon” in Bothalia Vol. 12, N°. 4 (1979) : 581-612.
4) Williamson G. : “Richtersveld” 168-169 (2000)
5) Alan Dean Foster “The Sum of Her Parts” Random House LLC, 27/nov/2012
6) Mrs. Loundon (Jane) “The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants” William Smith, 1848
7) George Don “A General System of Gardening and Botany” Volume 1 Rivington, 1831
8) R. M. Cowling, D. M. Richardson, S. M. Pierce “Vegetation of Southern Africa” Cambridge University Press, 01/Apr/2004
9) François Odendaal, Helen Suich “Richtersveld: The Land and Its People” Struik, 01/Jan/2007
10) David Fleminger “The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape: Including Namaqualand” 30° South Publishers, 2008

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