| Family | AIZOACEAE |
| Genus species | Pleiospilos canus (Haw.) L.Bolus |
| Bibliography | Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 100 (1929) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shubland |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 600-1700m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves elongate, triquetrous-clavate, obtuse, adaxially concave, gibbous, subcurvate, at base connate, flowers pedicellate, 5-6cm in diam., petals linear |
| Size | 3-4cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 |
| Synonyms | Bijilia cana (Haw.) N.E.Br. Mesembryanthemum canum Haw. Mesembryanthemum magnipunctatum Haw. Mesembryanthemum nobile Haw. Pleiospilos borealis L.Bolus Pleiospilos brevisepalus L.Bolus Pleiospilos compactus ssp. canus (Haw.) H.E.K.Hartmann & Liede Pleiospilos dekenahii (N.E.Br.) Schwantes Pleiospilos framesii L.Bolus Pleiospilos grandiflorus L.Bolus Pleiospilos kingiae L.Bolus Pleiospilos latifolius L.Bolus Pleiospilos latipetalus L.Bolus Pleiospilos leipoldtii L.Bolus Pleiospilos longisepalus L.Bolus Pleiospilos magnipunctatus (Haw.) Schwantes Pleiospilos nobilis (Haw.) Schwantes Pleiospilos peersii L.Bolus Pleiospilos x rothii H.Jacobsen Pleiospilos sesquiuncialis (N.E.Br.) Schwantes Pleiospilos willowmorensis L.Bolus Punctillaria cana L.Bolus Punctillaria dekenahii N.E.Br. Punctillaria magnipunctata (Haw.) N.E.Br. Punctillaria sesquiuncialis N.E.Br. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |