Gibbaeum schwantesii

 

 

Gibbaeum schwantesii

 

 

 

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Origin and Habitat: Little Karoo at Lemoenshoek, Western Cape, South Africa
Habitat: Gibbaeum schwantesii is known only from two localities on flat areas among loose, white quartzite pebbles on loamy renosterveld soils within the area of Gibbaeum velutinum.

 

Synonyms:Gibbaeum schwantesii Tischer

• Gibbaeum muirii Schwantes non N.E.Br.
• Mentocalyx muirii N.E.Br.
• Description: Gibbaeum schwantesii is a white flowering form of the very variable Gibbaeum velutinum. It is distingushed for its slender narrowly triangular, laterally compressed leaves, that are longer more strongly incurved than the shorter, about 6 to 10 cm long and less silvery/grey. It has unequal leaf pairs, with the longer leaf being twice the length as the shorter. The longer leaf of each pair, with almost axe-like, hooked upper end. The flowers are larger (up to 50 mm in diameter) mostly white, but occasionally with a pale pink flush and the flower stalks 3-5 cm long. Like the type species it is very variable. Gibbaeum schwantesii often has a reddish tinge.

Flowers: Daisy-like, mostly white or cream-coloured, sometime with a pale a pale pink/violet flush, up to 30-50 mm in diameter and long lasting. Pedicel 30-50 mm long. Petals white or white apically suffused in pink, filamentous staminodes white, basally faintly pink, filaments white.

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