Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon grandiflorus (Burm.f.) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 379 (1978) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 50-300m |
Description | leaves terete, linear, acute, glabrous, inflorescence long pedunculate, racemose, few-flowered, flowers erect, corolla lobes lanceolate-oblong |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | orange red |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon curviflora Sims Cotyledon grandiflora Burm.f. Cotyledon purpurea Haw. Cotyledon tuberculosa Lam. Umbilicus tuberculosus DC. ex Steud. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |