Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Conicosia pugioniformis (L.) N.E.Br. |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum pugioniforme L. |
Mesembryanthemum brevicaule Haw. | |
Mesembryanthemum capitatum Haw. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 20-350m |
Description | leaves crowded, long, triquetrous, green or glaucous, at apex of branchlets, flowers solitary, pedicellate, large |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | AIZOACEAE
pugioniformis typica ined.
pugioniformis alborosea (L.Bolus) Ihlenf. & Gerbaulet, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111(4): 484 (1990)
puginioformis muirii (N.E.Br.) Ihlenf. & Gerbaulet, ibid.
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