Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Lampranthus spectabilis (Haw.) N.E.Br. |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haw. |
Mesembryanthemum macrocarpum A.Berger | |
Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haw. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets ascendent, leaves crowded, glaucous, curvate, patent, triquetrous, acuminate, mucronate, flowers large, pedicellate, petals patent, 3cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | red |
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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