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It is commonly referred to as the carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, or starfish cactus, although it is not related to cacti at all. [3] This " carrion plant " nickname can also refer to similar Stapelia species as well as members of related genera, including Stapelia gigantea and Orbea variegata .
Stapelia hirsuta, [1] common name starfish flower or carrion plant, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Apocynaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name and synonyms
Plants in the genus Stapelia are also called "carrion flowers". They are small, spineless, cactus-like succulent plants. Most species are native to South Africa, and are grown as potted plants elsewhere. The flowers of all species are hairy to varying degrees. The color and smell of the flowers both mimic rotting meat. This attracts scavenging ...
It's a disease known as 'sea star wasting syndrome' and it causes a starfish's arms to. Scientists are scrambling to find out what's causing starfish in the Pacific Coast to die in an extremely ...
Bipolaris cactivora is an ascomycete, causing cactus stem rot and pitahaya (dragon fruit) rot. Also known as Drechslera cactivora, this fungus has been reported causing fruit rot on Hylocereus undatus (white-fleshed pitahaya). This specific cactus is both used decoratively as well as commercially in production of pitahaya fruit.
Crowds lined up in San Francisco on Wednesday to see — and smell — the blooming of an endangered tropical flower that releases a pungent odor when it opens once every several years.
Starfish flower may refer to: Stapelia grandiflora, a species of flowering plant in the genus Stapelia; Stapelia hirsuta, a species of flowering plant in the genus ...
Sea star wasting disease or starfish wasting syndrome is a disease of starfish and several other echinoderms that appears sporadically, causing mass mortality of those affected. [1] There are approximately 40 species of sea stars that have been affected by this disease. At least 20 of these species were on the Northwestern coast of Mexico to ...