Cotyledon ladismithiensis Poelln. -코틸레돈 라디스미티엔시스-웅동자

코틸레돈 라디스미티엔시스-웅동자

Cotyledon ladismithiensis Poelln.

Synonyms:Cotyledon tomentosa subs. ladismithiensis (Poelln.) Toelken

ENGLISH: Fuzzy Bear Paws, Bear's Paw

Description: Cotyledon tomentosa subsp. ladismithiensis is a rare perennial freely branching succulent shrublet distinguished from the well-known Cotyledon tomentosa subsp. tomentosa, by comparing the leaves, the size of the plant and the orientation of the flower. The subsp. ladismithiensis, has stronger branches and may reach 1 m in height (including the inflorescence). The leaves are oblong-elliptic or almost cylindrical, yellow-green and tomentose with usually few sharp apical teeth. Like all tomentose plants this has leaves, flowers and stems all matted, forming a woolly coating. The pendulous red flowers resemble those of Cotyledon orbiculata.

Stems: Thin, 3-4 mm in diameter, set loosely, tomentose to pilose, branching profusely near ground level.
Leaves: Plump, soft, opposite or decussate, and densely tomentose with non glandular hairs, oblong-elliptic or almost cylindrical one sharp tip or rarely up to three (or more) apical teeth, yellow-green and tomentose. These tips are sometimes reddish
Inflorescence: The inflorescence is a thyrse with 1-3 dichasia, with 10—20 nodding florets; peduncle 0,15-0,25 m long, densely hairy. Scape slender, covered with a dense felt of hairs, 10—20 cm. long, with.
Flowers: Pendulous on quite short pedicels, reddish typical Cotyledon urn-shaped with five petals that separate near the tips to curl back at the mouth. Corolla tube abruptly swollen between the calyx lobes. Corolla lobes recurved-spreading half as long, hairy outside, glabrous within except for tuft of hairs where filaments are fused to tube. Stamens 10.

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