Giant Carrion Flower

Stapelia gigantea

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Ground cover Succulent Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Semi-shade Succulent Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) riccardocavalcante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riccardocavalcante source
• (c) Mashudu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mashudu source
• (c) fayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by fayne source
• (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Henry de Lange source
• (c) lambsquarters, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lambsquarters source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) JJ Furuno, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by JJ Furuno source