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Huernia hystrix (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. n.s. 1: 795 (1876)
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE

Huernia hystrix Photo by: Frikkie Hall

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia hystrix (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. n.s. 1: 795 (1876)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Huernia hystrix subs. parvula (L.C.Leach) Bruyns
1: 189 (2005)
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Porcupine huernia
CHINESE (中文): 点美阁

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Huernia hystrix group

  • Huernia hystrix (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.: has cup-shaped flowers, with spiny petals, dull yellow in colour and banded with red, but variable. Distribution: S-E Zimbabwe, W Mozambique, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal and N-E South Africa.
  • Huernia hystrix subs. parvula (L.C.Leach) Bruyns: has much shorter stems less than 3 cm long, and smaller flowers 3-4.5 cm in diam. Pedicels 17-18 mm long. Distribution: S-E Kwa-Zulu-Natal in Oribi Gorge and Flats.

22649 raffa Raffa C. Garcia
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia
22650 raffa Raffa C. Garcia
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Raffa C. Garcia

28956 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Frikkie Hall
22651 julio Julio C. García
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Julio C. García

28953 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Frikkie Hall
28955 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Frikkie Hall

23196 luiza Luiza Ferreira
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Luiza Ferreira
22652 julio Julio C. García
Huernia hystrix Photo by: Julio C. García


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