Pygmy porkbush (Portulacaria pygmaea)
Description
Ceraria pygmaea is a dwarf dioecious, glabrous, succulent plant with fat, tuberous, water-storing rootstocks up to 4 inches (10 cm) wide. Stem is erect, robust and woody at the base. Leaves are thick, jelly-bean-like, up to 0.6 inch (1.5 cm) long, up to 0.4 inch (1 cm) across, blue-green, later yellowish-green. The leaves fall off almost to the touch. However, new leaves will grow. Flowers are small, inconspicuous, pale pink, usually in terminal clusters of 2 to 6.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Tracheophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Didiereaceae
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Genus: Portulacaria
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