| Family | AIZOACEAE |
| Genus species | Ottosonderia monticola (Sond.) L.Bolus |
| Bibliography | Notes Mesembryanthemum 3: 292 (1958) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 300-550m |
| Description | leaves fasciculate, curvate, pruinose, obtusely triquetrous, mucronate, flowers 4, terminal, pedicellate |
| Size | 10-22cm |
| Color | ochre |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | succulent subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum bifoliatum L.Bolus Mesembryanthemum monticola Sond. Hymenocyclus monticola (Sond.) Schwantes Malephora monticola (Sond.) H.Jacobsen Ruschia monticola (Sond.) G.D.Rowley Ruschia ottosonderi G.D.Rowley |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |