Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon inerme S.E.A.Rehm |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 67: 269 (1935) |
Native Range | Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets 1-2cm in diameter, leaves obovate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially tomentose, denticulate, spines absent, petioles persistent, sharp, petals 14-27mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | rose, purple |
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 inermis (S.E.A.Rehm) F.Albers |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |