stapelia

Any of various succulent plants of the genus Stapelia, native to southern Africa and having large foul-smelling flowers.

A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Asclepiadaceæ, type of the tribe Stapelieæ.

An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceæ (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.

Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.

any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers