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Accession Data:

Edithcolea grandis N.E.Br.

  • Common Name: Persian Carpet Flower
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: East Africa and Horn of Africa
  • Habitat: Tropical desert areas in the shade of rocks and scrub

  • Description: A spiny, succulent milkweed-relative with spectacular flowers. Persian Carpet Flower is tropical and very sensitive to cool temperatures. The roots and main stems can rot out in winter, and the growing tips are susceptible to powdery mildew in cool weather. Keeping the plants warmer in winter, providing supplemental light, and appropriate application of fungicides, are useful in our temperate climate. The plants can be restarted from cuttings in spring if the roots rot. They are heavy feeders in summer.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202100029
  • Source: Xue Davis, Yale Univ.
  • Provenance: ex hort.
  • Accession Date: 02-09-2021
  • Bench: 6901 - Array 1, Tank 1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-07-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
  • Tribe: Ceropegieae
  • SubTribe: Stapeliinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ethiopia / Socotra / Somalia / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Yemen

References (external):

data regenerated on Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:27:41 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Apocynoideae
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  • Pachypodium lamerei
  • Pachypodium namaquanum
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Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Mesechiteae

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Tribe Nerieae

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Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Wrightieae

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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

  • Asclepiadinae: Asclepias curassavica
  • Asclepiadinae: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Asclepiadinae: Gomphocarpus fruticosus
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum grandidieri W/C
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum marnierianum
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum pachycladon
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum sp.
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum verrucosum

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Ceropegieae

  • Stapelieae: Caralluma hesperidum
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia albisepta W/C
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia aristolochioides
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia cimiciodora
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia fusca
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia x rothii
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia stapeliiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Edithcolea grandis
  • Stapeliinae: Hoodia gordonii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia piersii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia plowesii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia thureti var. thureti
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia zebrina
  • Stapeliinae: Larryleachia cactiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia flavopurpurea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia gigantea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia grandiflora
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelianthus madagascariensis

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Fockeeae

  • Fockea edulis

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Marsdenieae

  • Dischidia albiflora
  • Dischidia bengalensis
  • Dischidia litoralis
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia ovata
  • Dischidia platyphylla
  • Dischidia ruscifolia
  • Hoya australis ssp. australis
  • Hoya carnosa
  • Hoya carnosa x serpens
  • Hoya curtisii
  • Hoya imbricata
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  • Hoya macgillivrayi
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Tribe Periploceae

  • Periploca laevigata W/C

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Alyxieae

  • Alyxia ruscifolia

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Tribe Carisseae

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Tribe Plumerieae

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Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

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Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Vinceae

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  • Ochrosiinae: Ochrosia elliptica
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