| Family | AIZOACEAE |
| Genus species | Mesembryanthemum tortuosum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 487 (1753) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 500-950m |
| Description | branchlets procumbent, leaves connate, erect, ovate-lanceolate, adaxially concave, abaxially carinate-convex, flowers of 4, large, petals narrowly linear |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| 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 aridum Moench Mesembryanthemum concavum Haw. Pentacoilanthus tortuosus F.Rappa & Camarrone Phyllobolus tortuosus (L.) V.Bittrich Sceletium boreale L.Bolus Sceletium compactum L.Bolus Sceletium concavum (Haw.) Schwantes Sceletium framesii L.Bolus Sceletium gracile L.Bolus Sceletium joubertii L.Bolus Sceletium namaquense L.Bolus Sceletium ovatum L.Bolus Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E.Br. Sceletium tugwelliae L.Bolus |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |