Drosanthemum speciosum

Drosanthemum speciosum is a succulent plant in the Ice plant Family (Aizoaceae) and native to the Montague District in the south of the Cape Province of South Africa. The flowers have two whorls of staminodes: The inner whorl of about thirty are very short and almost black. The outer whorl of about sixty are long and bright orange.^[2]

Drosanthemum speciosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Drosanthemum
Species:	D. speciosum
Binomial name
Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes
Synonyms[1]
Mesembryanthemum speciosum Haw. Drosanthemum pickhardii L.Bolus Drosanthemum splendens L.Bolus