Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon reticulatus (L.f.) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 380 (1978) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 20-1200m |
Description | leaves fasciculate, crowded at apex of stems, minute, cylindrical, acute or mucronate, peduncles ramose, flexuous, floral pedicels long, rigid, patent |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon dichotoma Haw. Cotyledon parvula Burch. Cotyledon reticulata L.f. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |