Anacampseros is a genus consisting of a number of species of small perennial succulent plants, native to South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The botanical name Anacampseros is an ancient one for herbs supposed to restore lost love. The plants form clumping and bosal rosettes of smooth or hairy flesh succulent leaves in dense mats, developing a small caudex

Caudex

A caudex is a form of stem morphology appearing as a thickened, short, perennial stem that is either underground or near ground level . It may be swollen for the purpose of water storage, especially in xerophytes...

 as they age, with white filamentous hairs along the stems. Leaves are lance-shaped or almost round; the more exposure to light, the more vivid the leaf-colors.

Anacampseros has flat, wheel-shaped flowers, colored from white to pale purple; these grow from time to time in summer, and open on sunny day only. The plants are self-fertile and produce seeds in a cup of upright filaments. They can reach 6 inches in height, and are dormant in winter.

Anacampseros Mill. is a synonym of the genus Sedum

Sedum

Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops. It contains around 400 species of leaf succulents that are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, varying from annual and creeping herbs to shrubs. The plants have...

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Species

• Anacampseros albidiflora
• Anacampseros albissima
• Anacampseros alstonii
• Anacampseros arachnoides syn. Anacampseros rufescens
• Anacampseros australiana
• Anacampseros baeseckei var. crinita syn. Anacampseros crinita
• Anacampseros bayeriana
• Anacampseros comptonii
• Anacampseros dielsiana
• Anacampseros dinteri
• Anacampseros filamentosa syn. Anacampseros intermedia
• Anacampseros herreana
• Anacampseros kurtzii
• Anacampseros lanceolata
• Anacampseros lubbersii
• Anacampseros maxima syn. Hylotelephium maximum
• Anacampseros marlothii
• Anacampseros namaquensis
• Anacampseros nebrownii
• Anacampseros papyracea syn. Avonia papyracea
• Anacampseros quinaria syn. Avonia quinaria
• Anacampseros recurvata
• Anacampseros retusa
• Anacampseros rhodesica
• Anacampseros rubens
• Anacampseros rufescens
• Anacampseros ruschii
• Anacampseros scopata
• Anacampseros subnuda
• Anacampseros telephiastrum
• Anacampseros telephioides syn. Hylotelephium telephioides
• Anacampseros tomentosa
• Anacampseros ustulata
• Anacampseros vanthielii
• Anacampseros vulcanensis