Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Ruschia semidentata (Haw.) Schwantes |
Bibliography | Z. Sukkulentenk. 2: 187 (1926) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 550-900m |
Description | branchlets few, erect, leaves remote, vaginate, erect, triquetrous, compressed, whitish, punctate, obtuse, 2-4-dentate, flowers terminal, solitary, petals very narrow |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | rose |
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 | Mesembryanthemum semidentatum Haw. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |