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Ceraria pygmaea

Portulacaria pygmaea
Ceraria pygmaea 01.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Didiereaceae
Genus: Portulacaria
Species: P. pygmaea
Binomial name
Portulacaria pygmaea
Pillans

Portulacaria pygmaea (previously Ceraria pygmaea), also known as the Pygmy porkbush, is a small-leaved dwarf succulent plant found on the border between Namibia and South Africa.

It is a small, compact, soft-wooded, dwarf shrub with bisexual flowers. Its blue-green leaves are semi-evergreen. Its tiny compact branches spread, and often droop, staying close to the ground. It also develops a thick caudex or root-stock, which has led to it being a popular bonsai specimen.

Within the genus Portulacaria it is most closely related to its larger sister-species Portulacaria fruticulosa.


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