Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Lampranthus stipulaceus (L.) N.E.Br. |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum stipulaceum L. |
Mesembryanthemum amoenum Salm.-Dyck ex DC. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-900m |
Description | branchlets erect, leaves crowded, green, curvate, erect, cylindrical-triquetrous, obtuse, mucronate, flowers pedicellate, large |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | red-violet |
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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