Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon flavescens S.E.A.Rehm |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 67: 271 (1935) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1100m |
Description | branchlets to 10mm in diameter, leaves ovate to orbiculate, 7-18mm, pinnatisect, spines thin and stright, petals 14-17mm long |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Monsonia flavescens (S.E.A.Rehm) F.Albers |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |