Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon racemosus (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 380 (1978) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-1000m |
Description | leaves crowded on apex of branchlets, green, glandular-hirsute, linear-lanceolate, 3-10mm, inflorescence erect thyrsus, corolla tubular, 10-15mm |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon chloroleuca Dinter ex Friedrich Cotyledon racemosa E.Mey. ex Harv. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |