Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon cacaliodes (L.f.) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 379 (1978) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 20-1800m |
Description | branchlets flexuous, ascendent, leaves deccusate, opposite, thick, carnose, ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, flowers in long pedunculate, few-flowered cyme |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cacalia papillaris L. Cotyledon cacalioides L.f. Kleinia papillaris (L.) Haw. Senecio papillaris (L.) Sch.Bip. Tylecodon papillaris (L.) G.D.Rowley |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |