Dorstenia foetida, caudiciform

Description

Dorstenia foetida
for sale here.
Plant is in 3 inch container with a single stem that is over 3/4 inch at the base and around 3-5 inch in hight.
D. foetida
is
a
caudiciform sub-shrub, stem succulent which may be branched or not. This is a very variable species especially in shape and size of leaves, length of petioles and stipules. Since the various forms are connected by intermediates it is impossible to recognize infraspecific taxa. Usually perennial
D. foetida
under tropical conditions may grow as an annual or bi-annual.
It has a thick, dark green- to mahogany-colored conical trunk, that will grow to 5 inch in diameter and 10 inch in height, older parts often with peeling bark. The stem bears conspicuous and prominent round scars of petioles, inflorescences and stipules in a spiral pattern.Evergreen or caducous leaves at stems' tips, light green to grayish-green narrowly lanceolate to broadly elliptical (sometime nearly orbicular or linear), up to 3 inch long and 3/4 inch wide, tip acute to shortly acuminate, or obtuse to rounded. It produces grayish or green (or orange/pinkish), solitary, pedicellate, flower-like structures that are actually fruiting bodies called hypanthodiums. This inflorescence is a weird, horned, tentacle-like disc-shaped structure that has given these plants the common name "Shield Flower." The "Shield" actually consists of a multitude of miniscule flowers. It is native of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman.
Plant ships bare root. USA and her territories ONLY.
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.50
charge for this winter shipping option and starting December 1st I will not ship any plants without it. Typically Priority Mail shipping takes 2-3 days but sometimes can take additional transport time due to rough winter and snow conditions.
Shipping.
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