Serruria cygnea leaves

    Serruria cygnea leaves
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    The finely divided, needle-like leaf segments of Serruria cygnea often point up from mainly horizontal stems. The segments are sometimes secund, all curving towards one side. The segments are mostly finely grooved on their upper surfaces. There are typically no more than three terminal tips per bright green leaf, the segments presenting a delicate, feathery appearance for the leaf overall. The leaves are glabrous when mature, sometimes sparsely hairy when young. Leaves are from 2,5 cm to 7 cm long and around 2 cm wide, their petioles 2 cm to 2,5 cm long (Rebelo, 1995; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; JSTOR; Wikipedia).

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