Huernia

The genus Huernia was described in 1810 by R. Brown who named it after Justus Heurnius. Huernia is one of the larger groups of Stapeliads which is widely distributed throughout South Africa and northwards to the Arabian Peninsula. The plants are usually clump forming with angular stems, with a few exceptions like H. pendula which has cylindrical pendulous stems. The flowers are diverse in size, shape and colour. Many are brightly coloured and some have a raised succulent ring around the mouth of the flowers, other are dull coloured with campanulate flowers, with or without papillae.