Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Drosanthemum intermedium L.Bolus |
Bibliography | Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 188 (1930) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets thin, flexuous, leaves opposite, round, erect, 7-15mm, glaucous, minutely papilose, acute, flowers solitary pedicellate, to 25mm, calyx 5-merous |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | pink-violet |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Drosanthemum calcareum Klak Mesembryanthemum intermedium L.Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |