Avonia quinaria quinaria

Description

Avonia quinaria is a dwarf perennial caudiciform succulent usually deep-seated, that flush with soil surface in habitat. urnip-shaped, fleshy to somewhat woody, flattened above, to ,5-5 cm in diameter, (often pulled down into the ground in time of drought) with, a spherical crown of thin branches up to ,5 cm above ground. However some exceptional plants found in nature exceed 0 cm in diameter and could be several centuries years old. Branches: Sub-terminal, numerous, sterile and flower-bearing, undivided, very short, mm thick. Spirally arranged, and closely 5- overlapping imbricated, broad-ovate to triangular, entire, not hairy at the base, parchment-like, silvery with brownish spots. Very minute semi-orbicular flattish, completely hidden by the stipules. stipules scarious, white, spirally involucral leaves larger, sphacelate at top; flowers exserted.