| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Sarcocaulon mossamedense (Welw. ex Oliv.) Hiern |
| Bibliography | Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 108 (1896) |
| Native Range | sw. Angola to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 350-700m |
| Description | branchlets to 25mm in diameter, leaves broadly ovate to orbiculate, glabrous, finely dentate, spines curvate, petals 17-26mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pink-white |
| 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 mossamedensis Welw. ex Oliv. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola) 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |