Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon rubrovenosus (Dinter) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12(3): 380 (1978) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-1200m |
Description | leaves crowded on apex of branchlets, linear-lanceolate, subglabrous, rufescent striped, inflorescence spreading thyrsus, flowers pendent, 7-15mm |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | yellow-green |
Bloom | 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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Cotyledon rubrovenosa Dinter |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |