Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Erepsia gracilis (Haw.) L.Bolus |
Bibliography | Fl. Pl. South Africa 7: t. 254 (1927) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-2000m |
Description | branchlets very thin, erect, leaves green, triquetrous, mucronate, at apex curvate, bracts 4, ovate, acute, inner petals very short, the outer large, biserriate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellowish red |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Erepsia carterae L.Bolus Erepsia levis L.Bolus Erepsia tenuicaulis (A.Berger) H.Jacobsen Mesembryanthemum gracile Haw. Mesembryanthemum stellatum Haw. Mesembryanthemum tenuicaule A.Berger Mesembryanthemum ternifolium Thunb. ex Sond. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |