Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Antimima microphylla (Haw.) Dehn |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum microphyllum Haw. |
Ruschia microphylla (Haw.) Schwantes | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-1800m |
Description | branchlets thin, crowded, leaves minute, subconnate, triquetrous, obtuse, minutely mucronate, green, shiny, calyx obconical, petals at base white |
Size | 5-10cm |
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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