후에르니아 제브리나

후에르니아 제브리나

[little owl-eyes, 赤鬼角]

 

 

	과명 Apocynaceae (협죽도과) 속명 Huernia (후에르니아속) 전체학명 Huernia zebrina N.E.Br. 추천명 후에르니아 제브리나 이명 외국명 Owl-eyes,Owl-eyes Little,Little owl,Owl's eye

Origin and Habitat: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland.
Altitudes: It occurs at low altitudes.
Habitat: Open dry scrubland, in stony areas, often in calcrete or hard loamy soils.

Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Little owl eyes, Owl eyes, Zebra-stripped Huernia, Carrion flower, Lifebuoy Huernia
CHINESE (中文): 斑马萝藦, 缟马
RUSSIAN (Русский): Гуерния полосатая, Гуэрния зебровая

Description: Huernia zebrina (a.k.a. Owl eyes) is a low-growing perennial succulent species more or less creeping, occasionally forming mats. It is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias and very popular in cultivation for its odd blooms. It has a raised, glossy, wine-red ring or 'annulus' around the mouth of the corolla tube. The corolla varies in size and is usually patterned with wine-red zebra stripes which vary conspicuously in colour intensity. one of the so-called “lifebuoy” huernias because of the glossy raised annulus.
Stems: Deflexed-decumbent or decumbent-erect, laxly branched, tapering, prominently 5-(to 6) angled, and irregularly branching, 5 cm long, 12 mm in diameter and strongly toothed. Teeth 4,5 mm long.
Inflorescence: Few-flowered on a 12-14 mm long peduncle.
Flowers: The corolla is flat (25-)35-45(-50) mm across with a tube c. 6 mm in diameter and c. 7 mm deep, the prominent shiny annulus is glossy red to purple-brown, marked or unmarked, the 5 corolla lobes are acuminate c. 12 x 10 mm, greenish-yellow with red to purple cross-zebra-stripes; both sides glabrous. As with other plants of the genus, H. zebrina has a small intermediate lobe. Sepals 6-8 mm. Corona with inner lobes 2-4 mm tall, claw-like, incurved. Frequently the flowers are larger than the plant itself and emit the smell of carrion. The rotting flesh odour attracts flies who transfer the pollen as they search from flower to flower for the non-existent rotting meat.

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