Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Chasmatophyllum musculinum (Haw.) Dinter & Schwantes |
Bibliography | Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 18 (1927) |
Native Range | Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | leaves dentate, succulent, dark green, corolla stellate, petals laciniate, abaxially red and orange striate |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | golden-yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in late spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum dinterae Dinter Mesembryanthemum musculinum Haw. Mesembryanthemum pulvinatum Kuntze Mesembryanthemum recumbens N.E.Br. Stomatium musculinum (Haw.) Schwantes |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |