Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Lampranthus stipulaceus (L.) N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 87: 212 (1930) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-900m |
Description | branchlets erect, leaves crowded, green, curvate, erect, cylindrical-triquetrous, obtuse, mucronate, flowers pedicellate, large |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | red-violet |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | Erepsia stipulacea (L.) Schwantes Lampranthus amoenus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) N.E.Br. Mesembryanthemum amoenum Salm.-Dyck ex DC. Mesembryanthemum bracteatum Willd. Mesembryanthemum stipulaceum L. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |