Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Nananthus aloides (Haw.) Schwantes |
Bibliography | Gartenflora 77: 68 (1928) |
Native Range | Botswana to n. Cape Prov |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-1400m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves erect, entire, subterete, green, white punctate, adaxially concave, mucronate, flowers sessile, 30mm in diam. |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | straw yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring |
Synonyms | Aloinopsis aloides (Haw.) Schwantes Aloinopsis wilmaniae L.Bolus Mesembryanthemum aloides Haw. Nananthus wilmaniae (L.Bolus) L.Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, TVL Northern Provinces) |