Cheiridopsis peculiaris N.E.Br.

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Origin and Habitat: Cheiridopsis peculiarisSN|22645]]SN|22645]] is a strictly endemic species found only in one area of South Africa (Little namaqualand), just to the west of Steinkopf in the south-eastern Richtersveld.
Altitude: 600-1000 m.
Habitat: It is an excellent example of mimesis within the genus and occupies a shallow slope of reddish brown, clay where it blend among the background. It is a winter growing species that starts to grow again autumn after a long dormant rest during the summer.

Description: Cheiridopsis peculiarisSN|22645]]SN|22645]] is a small plant with 2-3 branches and probably one of the most most beautiful members of this genus and, as the name implies, it is very peculiar.
Body (Paired leaves): It makes two sorts of leaves borne in 2 pairs, each of a different shape. The longer lower leaves up to 5 cm long, broadly triangular-ovate united at the base are produced during the growing season and lie flat on the ground, with flattened upper surface, they dry up to eventually become papery. The upper resting and shorter leaf pairs are upright and entirely united, forming a pointedly or blunt cone and encloses completely the new long leaf-pairs during the dry season. They are grey-green to purplish with darker dots on the sides. At the base of the leaf pair there is a persisting sleeve-like sheath, that is the remnants of the older leaves.
Flower: Daisy-like 10-12 mm long, 25-35 mm in diameter, light-yellow to somewhat reddish.

 

Cheiridopsis peculiaris (llifle.com)

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