Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Antimima microphylla (Haw.) Dehn |
Bibliography | Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 22: 213 (1988) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-1800m |
Description | branchlets thin, crowded, leaves minute, subconnate, triquetrous, obtuse, minutely mucronate, green, shiny, calyx obconical, petals at base white |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum microphyllum Haw. Ruschia microphylla (Haw.) Schwantes |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |