Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon similis (Toelken) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 380 (1978) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 50-1100m |
Description | leaves various, crowded on apex of branchlets, flat to terete, glabrous, green, 3-15mm, flowers erect, pedicellate, corolla urceolate, 6-8mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale yellow, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings after flowering |
Synonyms | Cotyledon similis Toelken |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |