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Conophytum piluliforme (Conophytum piluliforme)

Description

Conophytum piluliforme is a small South African species of succulent plant of the genus Conophytum. Small, mat-forming succulent. The obconical, flattened, "pill-shaped" ("piluliforme") head is small (less than 5mm across the fissure) and has sparse or no lines on it. Flowers are red, purple or maroon. Conophytum piluliforme subspecies edwardii differs in having a more keeled body shape.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Aizoaceae

              • Genus: Conophytum