Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Lampranthus aduncus (Haw.) N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 87: 211 (1930) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | branchlets slender, crowded, flexuous, smooth, leaves crowded, connate, cylindric-subulate, patent, at apex curvate, flowers pedunculate, minute, styles yellowish |
Size | 12-18cm |
Color | reddish, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Lampranthus curvifolius (Haw.) N.E.Br. Lampranthus wordsworthiae (L.Bolus) N.E.Br. Mesembryanthemum aduncum Haw. Mesembryanthemum ceratophyllum Willd. Mesembryanthemum curvifolium Haw. Mesembryanthemum wordsworthiae L.Bolus Ruschia willdenowii Schwantes |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |