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                                Anacampseros telephiastrum DC.

Synonym	:	Anacampseros hispidula A.Berger
Family	:	Anacampserotaceae
Local name	:	English-Sunrise succulen
Distribution	:	southern Namibia and the western Namaqualand region of South Africa
Habitat	:	it grows in arid terrains covered with pebbles and small stones often in the shade of bushes and overhanging rocks.
Uses	:	Ornamental
Key botanical characters:  It is a low growing succulent with nice pink flowers. Leaves: Very crowded, almost rosulate, ovoid or almost spherical, difformed, shortly tapering up to 2 cm long and broad, fleshy green or brownish, often reddish on the back, hairless when mature. Stipules papery, with fringed margins. Axillary hairs filamentous, shorter than leaves.Inflorescence: Racemes subpanicled, Flowers: Opening in the afternoon, pink. Stamens numerous.Seeds: Very much winged.