Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Malephora lutea (Haw.) Schwantes |
Bibliography | Möller‘s Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 43: 7 (1928) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-800m |
Description | leaves subcylindrical, attenuate, at apex triquetrous, acute, glaucous, flowers terminal, solitary, petals uniseriate, acute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hymenocyclus luteus (Haw.) Schwantes Mesembryanthemum luteum Haw. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |