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avonia succulent Buy Avonia albissima OnlineNative to the Richtersveld and surrounding areas, Avonia albissima grows from a small underground tuber that sends up thin, succulent stems covered in overlapping white papery scales. It is similar to A. papyracea but with narrower branches, and can be distinguished from Avonia recurvata subsp. buderiana by the absence of small hairs. Some consider them all part of a single species complex. In the wild, the stems sprawl across the ground and blend

Native to the Richtersveld and surrounding areas, Avonia albissima grows from a small underground tuber that sends up thin, succulent stems covered in overlapping white papery scales. It is similar to A. papyracea but with narrower branches, and can be distinguished from Avonia recurvata subsp. buderiana by the absence of small hairs. Some consider them all part of a single species complex. In the wild, the stems sprawl across the ground and blend into the pale grit, a common trait in Avonia which has led to the theory that they evolved looking like bird droppings to avoid being eaten by grazing animals. In cultivation, it is a slow plant with the tuber swelling a little each year but never enough to be grown as a true caudiciform. The stems produce small white flowers at the tips in Summer. These are seed grown plants.