| Family | CRASSULACEAE |
| Genus species | Tylecodon schaeferianus (Dinter) Toelken |
| Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 380 (1978) |
| Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 10-150m |
| Description | leaves obovate to orbiculate, 5-15mm, thick, obtuse, red mucronate, flowers 2-4, pedicellate, corolla tubular, 7-10mm, glabrous, petals spreading |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | succulent subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Adromischus hoerleinianus (Dinter) Poelln. Adromischus keilhackii Werderm. Adromischus schaeferianus (Dinter) A.Berger Cotyledon hoerleiniana Dinter Cotyledon schaeferiana Dinter Cotyledon sinus-alexandri Poelln. Tylecodon aridimontanus G.Will. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |