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Description: | Erect shrub-like succulent with stems up to 1 m tall. Leaves opposite, mostly crowded towards the top of the stems, broadly obovate to almost round, up to 14 cm long, thickly fleshy, more or less covered in a greyish bloom, margin often purple-reddish. Inflorescence a terminal umbel of nodding, tubular red flowers. |
Notes: | This species code has been used for records of Cotyledon orbiculata cultivated in Zimbabwe, where the subspecies is not known. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native in the western parts of South Africa. |
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