Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Delosperma caespitosum L.Bolus |
Bibliography | Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 167 (1930) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 20-600m |
Description | branchlets trailing, 4mm thick, leaves curvate, cylindrical, corolla terminal, 22mm in diam. |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |