Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon ciliatum Moffett |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 599 (1979) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets to 1cm in diameter, leaves narrowly to broadly obovate, 8-23mm, pinnatifid, subhirsute, spines erect, thin, petals 1-2cm long, on apex ciliate |
Size | 8-30cm |
Color | pale 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, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Monsonia ciliata (Moffett) F.Albers |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |