Anacampseros rufescens
(Haw.) Sweet
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Description
A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 8 cm tall. The leaves are in dense spirals around the stems. They are 2 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 10 cm long.
Edible Uses
The plant is eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
It is eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Notes
It has also been put in the family Portulacaceae.
Synonyms
Anacampseros arachnoides var. grandiflora Sond.
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 13
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
