Adenium somalense var crispum is a dwarf adenium! It has a turnip shaped caudex and won't get more than a foot tall. It has narrow, leaves with wavy (crispy) margins and bright white venation. The little 1/2 inch flowers range from white to red with long, dark pink "nectar guides" that give it a pinstriping appearance. Slow growing and cold sensitive! 5” pots. Seed grown.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adenium arabicum Balf.f. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 31: 162 (1888)
- Adenium arboreum Ehrenb. in Symb. Phys., Bot.: t. 4 (1900)
- Adenium coetaneum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 277 (1902)
- Adenium honghel Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 32: t. 54 (1846)
- Adenium micranthum Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 334 (1894)
- Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum (Vierh.) Lavranos in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 38: 23 (1966)
- Adenium obesum subsp. somalense (Balf.f.) G.D.Rowley in Repert. Pl. Succ. 29: 3 (1978 publ. 1980)
- Adenium socotranum Vierh. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 54: 286 (1904)
- Adenium somalense Balf.f. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 31: 162 (1888)
- Adenium somalense var. caudatipetalum Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932)
- Adenium somalense var. crispum Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932)
- Adenium speciosum Fenzl in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 51(2): 140 (1865)
- Adenium tricholepis Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 288 (1932)
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