Dassievygie (Oscularia caulescens)
Description
Oscularia caulescens is a succulent, groundcover subshrub with blue-gray foliage that reaches up to 1 foot (30 cm) high and spreads up to 3 feet (90 cm) wide. It has wiry dark pink stems and blue-green, 3-angled, fleshy leaves. In spring into mid-summer appear the bright pink, pinwheel-shaped, up to 1.2 inch (3 cm) wide flowers that open fully as afternoon approaches. They are pleasantly scented with the stamens white at the base and pink near the tips, arranged upright in a cone-like formation in the flower center.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Aizoaceae
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Genus: Oscularia
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