Tropicals > Stapelia > Stapelia hirsuta > Stapelia hirsuta
Stapelia hirsuta
Stapelia
| Family |
| Apocynaceae |
| Genus |
| Stapelia |
| Species |
| hirsuta |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season proetection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H2 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 23 |
| Height |
| 20 - 30 cm |
| Spread |
| 15 - 25 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| In potted succulent collections, in arid rock gardens or as a specimen. |
| Shape |
| Erect. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| ID Characteristic |
| Carrion-scented flower. |
| Pests |
| None known. |
| Habitat |
| Dry plains. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Long, erect bullet-shaped flower bud. Insignificant. |
| Leaf Description |
| Fleshy, erect, spine-scarred succulent bodies. |
| Flower Description |
| Highly showy, carrion-fragranced flowers with petals detailed with horizontally-oriented, zebra-like stripes. The centre of the flower is hirsute. The edges of the petals are densely covered in long hair-like spines. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium green succulent bodies and a burgundy to magenta-coloured solitary bloom with cream coloured zebra-stripes along the broad side of the petals. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth to spiny and hirsute. |
| Notable Specimens |
| University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Devon, Alberta, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Stem cuttings. |
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