Family | ANACAMPSEROTACEAE |
Genus species | Anacampseros papyracea E.Mey. ex Fenzl |
Bibliography | Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 295 (1840) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-1500m |
Description | stems simple, terete or globular, stipules imbricate, snowy white, ligulate, entire, much longer than thick leaves, flowers sessile, solitary |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Anacampseros papyracea ssp. perplexa (G.Will.) Dreher Avonia papyracea (E.Mey. ex Fenzl) G.D.Rowley Avonia perplexa G.Will. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |