Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon peniculinum Moffett |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 610 (1979) |
Native Range | Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-50m |
Description | branchlets usually over 2cm in diameter, leaves broadly ovate, pinnate, 5-25mm, puberulent, spines absent, persistent petioles sharp, in two rows, petals 16-24mm |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Monsonia peniculina (Moffett) F.Albers Sarcocaulon ernii Dinter ex Range |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |