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Cotyledon orbiculata


Common Name(s): Pig's Ear
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Distribution: South Africa (Africa), Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Angola
Habit: Flattened-Leaflike, Shrub
Flower: OrangeEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
Species Notes: Perhaps the most common Cotyledon species in cultivation. It is used frequently as a landscape plant in warmer and drier climates. There are a host of named cultivars, the most unusual of which is perhaps ‘Takbok'(reindeer), a cultivar of variety oblongata, so named for its finger-like apical leaf lobes.
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Cotyledon orbiculata
C. orbiculata
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino
Cotyledon orbiculata
C. orbiculata
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino
Cotyledon orbiculata
C. orbiculata
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino
Cotyledon orbiculata
C. orbiculata
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino

Cotyledon orbiculata var. flanaganii


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Distribution: South Africa (Africa)
Habit: Shrub
Flower: Orange-redEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Cotyledon orbiculata var. dactylopsis


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Distribution: South Africa (Africa)
Habit: Shrub
Flower: Orange-redEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Cotyledon orbiculata var. spuria


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Distribution: South Africa (Africa)
Habit: Shrub
Flower: Orange-redEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga


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Distribution: South Africa (Africa)
Habit: Shrub
Flower: Orange-redEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Cotyledon orbiculata
C. orbiculata var. oblonga
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