Stangeria eriopus
Synonymy: Stangeria paradoxa, Lomaria lagopus | Distribution: Eastern South Africa, southern Mozambique |
Common name: Natal grass cycad | Conservation status: Rare |
Normal form
Grassveldt form
Seedlings of the grassveldt form
Bizarre cycad from South Africa believed for many years to be a fern.
Essential in the collection of any cycad enthusiast.
Top and middle photos courtesy and copyright © 1998, Geoff Stein; taken in a private garden in Los Angeles, CA. Bottom photo courtesy and copyright © 2000, Martin Gibbons & Tobias Spanner, Rare Palm Seeds site.
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description of the genus Stangeria
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information on this cycad.
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