Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon herrei L.Bolus |
Bibliography | S. African Gard. 22: 109 (1932) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-600m |
Description | branchlets over 1cm in diameter, leaves broadly elliptic to broadly ovate, 6-30mm, puberulent, pinnatipartite, spines straight and thick, petals to 23mm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | |
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 herrei (L.Bolus) F.Albers |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |