Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Delosperma congestum L.Bolus |
Bibliography | Notes Mesembryanthemum 3: 270 (1954) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-3400m |
Description | glabrous, nitid, green, leaves dense, ascendent, acute, abaxially round, 12-18mm, flowers 3-7 in narrow, compact cyme, petals 4-6mm, anthers dark yellow |
Size | 5-13cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |