PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / SAXIFRAGALES / CRASSULACEAE / KALANCHOIDEAE / ADROMISCHUS / BICOLOR
Perennials with much branched, tuberous base with short erect branches and with fibrous roots (rarely somewhat tuberous). Leaves obovate to almost orbicular, rarely broadly elliptic, 20-30(-55) x (15-)20-35(-40) mm, abruptly cuneate to subpetiolate, usually truncate, dorsiventrally flattened and with horny margin at apex, grey-green to grey and usually intensely spotted with purplish red. Inflorescence a thyrse with 1(2)-flowered cymes, grey; peduncle 0.1-0.2(-0.25) m long; pedicels 1.5-2.5 mm long. Buds terete, abruptly tapering towards apex, spreading. Calyx 1.5-2 mm long, grey tinged purplish red. Corolla with cylindrical tube 10-12.5 mm long, yellowish green tinged red; lobes broadly triangular, 1.5-2 mm long, cuspidate, rough and without trichomes, white to pale pink with purple mucro. Anthers protruding. Squamae square to transversely oblong, 0.6-1 x 1-1.3 mm, slightly emarginate, broadest just below apex. From: Toelken, HR. 1985. Crassulaceae. Fl. S. Africa 14: 1-229. [CC BY]
Perennial succulent, much branched, tuberous base, short erect branches 0.08-0.12 m high, virtually no stems above ground. Leaves obovate to almost orbicular, 20-30 x 20-35 mm, cuneate to subpetiolate, truncate, apex rounded, straight or slightly indented, grey-green to grey, intensely spotted with dark green and purplish red. Inflorescence a thyrse, 0.1-0.2 m long with 1- or 2-flowered cymes, grey. Buds terete, abruptly tapering towards apex, spreading. Corolla with cylindrical tube 10.0-12.5 mm long, yellowish green tinged red; lobes broadly triangular, 1.5-2.0 mm long, cuspidate, rough, without trichomes, white to pale pink with purple mucro. Squamae square to transversely oblong, slightly emarginate. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. From: Bredenkamp, GJ; Bredenkamp, CL. 2019. Crassulaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 804-839. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
The only species of the section Adromischus which occurs in the eastern Cape. The few available records are from widely separated localities and it is uncertain whether one is dealing with only one species. From Middelburg to Steytlerville the leaves are obovate to orbicular, while Flanagan 1113 (Komga) and Barker 4996 (Steytlerville) have oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate leaves. From: Toelken, HR. 1985. Crassulaceae. Fl. S. Africa 14: 1-229. [CC BY]
Growing usually in exposed rock crevices. From: Toelken, HR. 1985. Crassulaceae. Fl. S. Africa 14: 1-229. [CC BY]
Exposed rock crevices. Rainshadow Valley Karoo. From: Bredenkamp, GJ; Bredenkamp, CL. 2019. Crassulaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 804-839. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Known only from a few localities in the eastern Cape from Steytlerville to near Middelburg and King William's Town. From: Toelken, HR. 1985. Crassulaceae. Fl. S. Africa 14: 1-229. [CC BY]
Willowmore to E of Steytlerville. From: Bredenkamp, GJ; Bredenkamp, CL. 2019. Crassulaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 804-839. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
December to January
400 to 800 m
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Saxifragales
FAMILY Crassulaceae
SUBFAMILY Kalanchoideae
GENUS Adromischus
SPECIES bicolor
11 results for Adromischus bicolor Hutchison
Barcode: NBG0200857-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, 1636 | 1959-12-8
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Barcode: NBG0020097-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 4996 | 1947-12-3
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Barcode: PRE0429746-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, PRE 55349 | --
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Barcode: NBG0135211-0 Collector(s) & number: Rossouw, G, 451 | 1979-10-24
General notes: Soil shale type? Ex hort Karoo NBG. Photograph and illustration of plant included.
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Barcode: NBG0020098-0 Collector(s) & number: Hall, H, NBG914/47 | 1950-1-10
General notes: Perianth fluted abruptly reflexed.
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Barcode: PRE0039759-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruyns, PV, 4990 | 1992-1-11
General notes: On lower hills, among bushes. Extremely inconspicuous. Leaves greyish-green covered with fine bluish spots. Very occasional.
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Barcode: NBG0271092-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruyns, P, 9797 | 2004-4-7
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Barcode: NBG0205764-0 Collector(s) & number: Desmet, PG, 2239 | 1999-10-30
General notes: Succulent Karoo Bossieveld vegetation. Quartz patch. Well-drained, clay loam, rocky soil. Quartz lag over shale bedrock and saline colluvium. Level slope. Full sun. Rare, 0.05 m compact dwarf-leaf succulent shrub. Perennial. Phenology: Leaf flower.
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Barcode: NBG0267539-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruyns, P, 11520 | 2009-10-22
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2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Crassulaceae Bredenkamp, GJ; Bredenkamp, CLIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)804-839
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1985
No results found for Adromischus bicolor Hutchison
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