| Cheiridopsis speciosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Cheiridopsis |
| Species: | C. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheiridopsis speciosa L.Bolus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cheiridopsis speciosa is a species of plant from South Africa.
This succulent is a robust, clump-forming subshrub that grows up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall with a diameter of up to 30 cm (12 in). [2] The leaves are a pale grey-green in colour with crimped margins. They are lightly keeled and faintly spotted. [2]
Flowers are present between August and September. [3] As with the other species of the genus, the flowers are open during the day and closed at night. [4] The flowers are solitary and with carmine to coppery petals. The centers may be magenta. They may also rarely be pure golden in colour. [2] The anthers are pale yellow. [3]
The fruit is 10-locular and cylindrical. [2]
This species is endemic to the Northern Cape of South Africa, whre it grows in the dry habitats found in Namaualand. [5] [6] It grows on quartzite outcrops and flats between Lekkersing, Vlakmyn and Spitskloof. [3]
Cheiridopsis speciosa is considered to be of least concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. [5]
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