| Family | AIZOACEAE |
| Genus species | Delosperma echinatum (Lam.) Schwantes |
| Bibliography | Möller‘s Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 42: 258 (1927) |
| Native Range | se. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 150-860m |
| Description | branchlets erect, cylindrical, papulose, leaves triquetrous-cylindrical, obtuse, papulose, thick, carnose, flowers axillary, solitary |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | red |
| 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 | Delosperma pruinosum (Thunb.) J.W.Ingram Drosanthemum pruinosum (Thunb.) Schwantes Mesembryanthemum echinatum Lam. Mesembryanthemum pruinosum Thunb. Mesembryanthemum setosum Moench Trichodiademia echinatum (Lam.) L.Bolus |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |