Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon mossamedense (Welw. ex. Oliv.) Hiern |
Synonyms | Monsonia mossamedensis Welw. ex Oliv. |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 350-700m |
Description | succulent, branchlets to 25mm in diameter, leaves broadly ovate to orbiculate, glabrous, finely dentate, spines curvate, petals 17-26mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
South Tropical Africa (Angola ) Southern Africa (Namibia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GERANIACEAE
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