Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Ruschia unidens (Haw.) Schwantes |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum unidens Haw. |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets numerous, rigid, patent, leaves crowded, vaginate, curvate, triquetrous, attenuate, whitish, punctate, with single tooth, flowers solitary, terminal |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | AIZOACEAE
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