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Dracaena stuckyi, synonym Sansevieria stuckyi, [1] is a species of succulent plant native to Africa including Mozambique, Tanzania, and southern Kenya. [1] It is a member of a group of related Dracaena including Dracaena angolensis and Dracaena pearsonii , that grow upright, cylindrical foliage and are native to dry biomes.
Aeonium, the tree houseleeks, is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae.Many species are popular in horticulture. The genus name comes from the ancient Greek αἰώνιος / aiōnios (ageless). [1]
A collection of succulent plants, including cacti, from the Jardin botanique d'Èze, France. The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, a characteristic known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features. These may include:
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Sedum morganianum, the donkey tail or burro's tail, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to southern Mexico.It is a succulent perennial producing trailing stems up to 60 cm (24 in) long, with fleshy blue-green leaves and terminal pink to red flowers in summer. [1]
Crassulaceae are generally herbaceous but there are some subshrubs, and relatively few treelike, epiphytic (growing on surface of plants), scandent (vine like) or aquatic plants. [3] [4] Most species are herbaceous leaf succulents, with regular 5 part (pentamerous or fivemerous) flowers, isomerous free carpels and one or two whorls of stamens. [5]
Crassula is a genus of succulent plants containing about 200 accepted species, [1] including the popular jade plant (Crassula ovata).They are members of the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) and are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties originate almost exclusively from species from the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
The genus name "Lampranthus" means "shining-flowers" in Greek, and the species of this genus have unusually large, bright flowers, of a range of colours (sometimes even bi-coloured), that usually appear in summer, and frequently cover the plants entirely. The species of this genus typically have long, smooth, elongated, succulent leaves.