| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Sarcocaulon spinosum (Burm.f.) Kuntze |
| Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 33 (1898) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 300-1200m |
| Description | branchlets more than 1cm in diameter, leaves narrowly or broadly obovate, 5-25mm, crenate, puberulent, spines stright or slightly curvate, petals 10-25mm long |
| Size | 10-60cm |
| Color | pale yellow, white |
| 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, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Geranium spinosum Burm.f. Monsonia burmannii DC. Monsonia crassicaulis (S.E.A.Rehm) F.Albers Sarcocaulon burmannii (DC.) Sweet Sarcocaulon crassicaule S.A.E.Rehm Sarcocaulon spinosum var. hirsutum S.E.A.Rehm |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |