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Huernia zebrina Seeds

South African Indigenous Succulent

Sixty-four species of Huernia are found in eastern and southern Africa, Ethiopia and Arabia. They are low (10 cm) perennials with angular fleshy stems armed with large teeth. The grey-green stems branch from the base forming large clumps. Attractive flowers, 2-3 cm in diameter with short stalks, are produced freely in the summer and autumn from the base or middle of the stems. The flowers which may be red, yellow or brown and often spotted, have a 5-angled margin or are 5-lobed with a characteristic small lobe in the angle between the main lobes. The flowers produce a smell of carrion, the strength and quality of which varies considerably between different species. Huernia zebrina is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. The flower is anything up to 8.5 cm (usually 6- 7cm) in diameter, star-shaped, whitish or yellowish with red or purplish spots and lines. In the middle of the corolla there is a vivid annulus, on which spots often merge into a unique pattern. They are also very shiny and may look like plastic, but it's for real. Huernia zebrina has a wide distribution being found in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and the Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces of South Africa.