Gen. Syst. 1 (1831) 730.
Section Otidia
| Habit | Erect, branched stem succulent, up to 30 cm high (60 cm
when in flower), stems smooth, at first microscopically covered with short
hairs, later glabrous, with yellowish grey peeling bark.
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| Leaves | Simple, abaxially with microscopically short hairs, interspersed with
glandular hairs, pale green, lamina ovate, deeply pinnatifid almost to
rachis, with segments decurrent, apices of segments dissected into acute
lobes, margins entire, lamina 75-120 x 35-65 mm, petiole 25-80 mm, stipules
deltoid, 1.5-2 x 1.5-2 mm, brown (even when young).
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| Inflorescence | Inflorescence branched into a series of 2-10 pseudumbels each of 5-18
flowers. Pedicel 7-25 mm.
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| Sepals | 5, narrowly ovate, 5-8,5 x 1,5-2,5 mm. Hypanthium 3-8 mm. |
| Petals | White to slightly pinkish, posterior two oblong with a basal constriction, slightly auriculate, apices rounded, 7-15 x 3-4 mm, sharply reflexed, with a series of parallel linear markings, anterior three spathulate, with a short claw, 7-12 x 2,5-4 mm, recurved. |
| Stamens | 5 fertile, 2 longer, 2 intermediate, 1 shorter. |
| Distribution |  |
| Habitat photo | 
W of Cradock, E Cape, RSA. |
