Whitesloanea crassa, 2 year old, asclepiad, succulent, rare live plant 2" pot

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you are bidding on the plant in the pictures. Shipped in pot priority mail. USA sales only.
Whitesloanea Crassa 2 year Seedling on it's own roots. A very rare & seldom offered member of the Asclepiad (milkweed) family. Endemic to Somalia.
This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Emilio Chiovenda in 1937. It is found in Somalia, growing in grit with little water and some sun, It will grow up to two and a half centimetres in diameter and three to thirteen centimetres height. The flowers are cream and brown.
*This family might be incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.
This plant is thought to be very rare, because individuals are found growing very far apart from one another and never in large populations. Its protected by the locals, being some kind of sacred medicine. It is said: "They kill you, if you take it with you". Some sources claims it have gone in the wild, due to war and farming
It is in a 2 inch pot & measures 7/8 inch across.
Shipped in pot.
USA sales only