Welwitschia Mirabilis - Rare Namibian Succulent - Grows over 2000 Years Old Brassica

Welwitschia Mirabilis - Rare Namibian Succulent - Grows over 2000 Years Old BrassicaWelwitschia is a monotypic genus of gymnosperm plant, composed solely of the very distinct Welwitschia mirabilis. It is the only genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and order Welwitschiales, in the division Gnetophyta. The plant, which is considered a living fossil, is named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Welwitsch who discovered it in 1859. The geographic distribution of Welwitschia mirabilis is limited to the Namib desert within Namibia and

bumpy skin

Queensland Blue is one of the larger pumpkins

Tough green rind with dark-green broken stripes

and tend to arch more

thorny leaves

Attractive dark blotched rose apricot flowers in spring

and nutmeg Plant

Make great cut flowers

potato and other members of the nightshades

Flowering in sporing

with a deciduous sheath

Other species of this genus are a major component of South-western Amazonian moist forests