Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Mesembryanthemum granulicaule Haw. |
Bibliography | Phil. Mag. J. 64: 427 (1824) |
Native Range | Namibia to Free State |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 20-1500m |
Description | branchlets scabrously pubescent, leaves subconnate, patent, linear-cylindrical, acute, pale green, flowers solitary, terminal, subsessile, petals obtuse |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pentacoilanthus granulicaulis (Schwantes) F.Rappa & Camarrone Psilocaulon granulicaule (Haw.) Schwantes Psilocaulon pauper L.Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |