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Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE* 
 Brachystelma filifolium
 

Caudex photo by Martin Heigan.

   
Author:  R. Peckover 1996
Family:  Asclepiadaceae*
Habitat:  South Africa
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Minimum-Medium
Sun:  Medium-Maximum
Thickness:  8 centimetres
Height:  30-50 centimetres
Flower:  Crème Coloured-Brown
Reproduction:  Seeds
Pop names:  -
Synonyms:  Macropetalum filifolium, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1905. Tenaris filifolia, N. E. Brown 1905

Photo by Chris Moore. 

   This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by R. Peckover in 1996. It is found in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to eight centimetres in diameter, the slim stem up to 50 centimetres.

*This family might been incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.