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Monilaria chrysoleuca
Also called Rabbit Ear Pearlfig, Rabbit Ear Vygie
Pipecleaner Pearlfig is a small, slow-growing, sparsely branched succulent shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, reaching about 20 cm tall. It thrives with strong light, sharp drainage and sparing water, and it is a rewarding specialist plant for succulent collectors.
Monilaria chrysoleuca is a succulent plant in the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Western Cape. It is a sparsely branching shrub of up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall with stems of up to 1½ cm in diameter. The stems are succulent and have regular circular constrictions. The internodes and the bud that will produce next years growth is completely covered by tough and hardened sheaths. The first and second leaf-pairs differ in shape. The first leaf-pair forms a globe of up to 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter. The leaves of the second pair are approximately 10 cm (3.9 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) in diameter. The flowers that appear in July and August sit individually on up to 10 cm long flower stalks. The petals appear in a range of colours from magenta, red, salmon, orange, yellow or white. Petal-like coloured staminodes are present.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
