Apocynaceae
Carrion-flower
Orbea variegata
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Orbea
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Aasblom
- Chinese
- 杂色豹皮花, 雜色豹皮花, 明洁犀角, 牛角
- English
- Carrion-flower, Starfish-cactus, Starfishplant
- hsb
- Wšědna sćerbinka
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vanlig ordensblomst
- Swedish
- Ordenstjärna
Synonyms
- Orbea anguinea Haw.
- Orbea bisulca Haw.
- Orbea bufonia Haw.
- Orbea clypeata (Donn ex Jacq.) Haw.
- Orbea conspurcata (Willd.) Schult.
- Orbea curtisii Haw.
- Orbea inodora Haw.
- Orbea irrorata (Masson) L.C.Leach
- Orbea lepida (Jacq.) Haw.
- Orbea maculosa Donn ex Haw.
- Orbea marginata (Willd.) Schult.
- Orbea marmorata (Jacq.) Schult.
- Orbea mixta (Masson) Haw.
- Orbea normalis (Jacq.) Schult.
- Orbea orbicularis (Andrews) Haw.
- Orbea picta (Donn ex Sims) Haw.
- Orbea planiflora (Jacq.) G.Don
- Orbea quinquenervia Haw.
- Orbea retusa Haw.
- Orbea trisulca G.Don ex Steud.
- Orbea woodfordiana Haw.
- Podanthes lepida Haw.
- Stapelia anguinea (Haw.) Jacq.
- Stapelia atrata Tod.
- Stapelia atropurpurea Salm-Dyck
- Stapelia beffoniana Schult.
- Stapelia bidentata Salm-Dyck
- Stapelia bifolia Schult.
- Stapelia bisulca (Haw.) Donn ex Schult.
- Stapelia bufonia (Haw.) Jacq.
- Stapelia bufonis Sims
- Stapelia clypeata Donn ex Jacq.
- Stapelia conspurcata Willd.
- Stapelia curtisii (Haw.) Schult.
- Stapelia hispida Horn ex Rüst
- Stapelia horizontalis N.E.Br.
- Stapelia inodora (Haw.) Decne.
- Stapelia irrorata Masson
- Stapelia lepida Jacq.
- Stapelia limosa Salm-Dyck
and 73 more.
Photos
Photo: This photo was taken by Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.