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It is commonly referred to as the carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, or starfish cactus, although it is not related to cacti at all. [3] This " carrion plant " nickname can also refer to similar Stapelia species as well as members of related genera, including Stapelia gigantea and Orbea variegata .
Stapelia hirsuta, [1] common name starfish flower or carrion plant, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Apocynaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name and synonyms
Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad, it is a leafless succulent perennial with cactus-like toothed stems, and highly variable, star-shaped, off-white or yellow flowers strongly speckled with maroon, up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter. The flowers may show regular (banded) markings, or irregular ones.
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." —William Shakespeare "By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower." —Rabindranath Tagore "Flowers are love's truest ...
Starfish flower may refer to: Stapelia grandiflora, a species of flowering plant in the genus Stapelia; Stapelia hirsuta, a species of flowering plant in the genus ...
Galium odoratum, the sweet woodruff [1] or sweetscented bedstraw, [3] is a flowering perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to much of Europe. It is widely cultivated for its flowers and its sweet-smelling foliage.
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An Acceptable Time is a 1989 young adult science fiction novel by Madeleine L'Engle, the last of her books to feature Polyhymnia O'Keefe, better known as Poly (The Arm of the Starfish, Dragons in the Waters) or Polly (A House Like a Lotus, An Acceptable Time). [1]