Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Adromischus filicaulis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.A.Sm. |
Bibliography | Bothalia 3: 630 (1939) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1500m |
Description | leaves 3-9cm, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, flat, grey-green, purple variegate, cuneate, obtuse, cymes 1-3-flowered, corolla 10-13mm, tubular, lobes apiculate |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
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 in late summer |
Synonyms | Adromischus fragilis Hutchinson Adromischus fragilis var. numeensensis Hutchinson Adromischus fusifomis (Rolfe) A.Berger Adromischus kleinioides C.A.Sm. Adromischus mammilaris var. filicaulis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) H.Jacobsen Adromischus mammilaris var. fusiformis (Rolfe) H.Jacobsen Adromischus mammilaris var. rubra Poelln. Cotyledon filicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. Cotyledon fusiformis Rolfe |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |