Stapelia hirsuta (African Starfish Flowers) is an attractive succulent that forms dense clumps of erect, greyish-green to green stems …
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Epithet: hirsuta
Meaning: Rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly; hairy, hirsute
Derivation: Feminine form of the Latin adjective "hirsutus"
Pronunciation: her-SOO-tuh
While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.