Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon herrei L.Bolus |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-600m |
Description | succulent, branchlets over 1cm in diameter, leaves broadly elliptic to broadly ovate, 6-30mm, puberulent, pinnatipartite, spines straight and thick, petals to 23mm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | |
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
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GERANIACEAE
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