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Graptopetalum macdougallii (Graptopetalum macdougallii)

Description

Rosette plants; stems short, basally branched and in addition with axillary runners.Rosette dense, ± mat-forming.Leaves tongue-shaped, spreading during the growth season, connivent during the dry season, 2,5 – 3, 5 x 0,8 – 1,5 cm, usually ± bright bluish to greenish, apically drawn out into an up to 2 mm long elongate tip.Inflorescences 5,5 – 7 cm, thyrses ± 1,5 – 3 cm with scorpioid pendant branches with up to 10 flowers in total, pedicels to 2 cm.Flowers 5-merous, sepals basally united, obovate, acute, 6 – 8 mm, petals ovate-lanceolate, pointed, 7 – 10 mm, lower face green, tube 3 – 4 mm, inside whitish-yellow-green, basally scattered brown blotches and/or stripes, these confluent in the middle and resulting in an almost solid coloration towards the tips, apically yellowish-green, lower face with red stripes near the margins, filaments 5 – 8 mm, greenish-white apically tinged reddish.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Graptopetalum