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Delosperma schimperi (Engl.) H.E.K.Hartmann & Niesler  
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FamilyAIZOACEAE
Genus speciesDelosperma schimperi (Engl.) H.E.K.Hartmann & Niesler 
BibliographyCact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 63: 148 (1991)
Native RangeEritrea to n. Ethiopia
Primary BiomeMontane Tropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude3000-4100m
Descriptiontrailing, leaves opposite, sessile, oblong to lanceolate, ca. 1cm, soft, green, papilose, on apex hirsute, flowers solitary, terminal, ca. 25mm
Size3-5cm
Colorrose
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typetuberous succulent
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring
SynonymsMesembryanthemum abyssinicum Pax ex Engl.
Mesembryanthemum schimperi Engl.
Trichodiadema schimperi (Engl.) A.G.J.Herre
Territory2 Africa
     24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ERI Eritrea, ETH Ethiopia)
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