Ophionella arcuata ssp mirkinii 6 Seeds

Ophionella arcuata ssp mirkinii 6 Seeds

Is a very rare plant only found in a restricted area along the Great Fish River valley south of Cookhouse and eastwards to Dikkop Flats near Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Succulent, almost cylindrical, little branched, with colourless latex, 5-25 cm long, 3-10 mm thick, prostrate, arching-procumbent, partly buried with the tips of exposed stems re-entering the ground, sometimes rising again to the surface, but always finishing their growth underground, forming loops 12-25 mm high, glabrous, green to greenish brown, not glaucous, flowering along the sides or under the loops.

 Ribs 4 very obtuse, with slightly flattened sides, somewhat tessellately tuberculate along the angles, with the tubercles varying from scarcely prominent to 1.5 mm long, with small teeth near the apex, stipules absent.