Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.22.16
Conicosia pugioniformis
English: Narrow-leaved iceplant; Narrow-leaved pigroot.
Region: South Africa, introduced to other continents.
Botany: short-lived perennial herb growing from an underground caudex;leaves finger like, fleshy, gray-green, hairless, to 20 centimeters long; inflorescence solitary; flower malodorous, up to 8 centimeters wide, up to 250 thin petals.