Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Antegibbaeum fissoides (Haw.) C.Weber |
Bibliography | Baileya 21: 11 (1968) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 300-700m |
Description | subcaulescent, green, leaves unequal, deccusate, subterete, acinaceous, obtuse, flowers sessile, petals 3cm long, calyx thick, lobes subequal, acute |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gibbaeum fissoides (Haw.) Nel Gibbaeum nelii Schwantes ex H.Jacobsen Mesembryanthemum divergens Kensit Mesembruanthemum fissoides Haw. Mesembryanthemum obtusum Haw. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |