Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon bleckiae G.Will. |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70: 127 (1998) |
Native Range | nw. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-900m |
Description | leaves 3-7 in terminal rosettes, 6-8mm, elliptic, dully green, glandular-hirsute, inflorescence on erect peduncle, corolla cylindrical, 12mm, petals ovate |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings after flowering |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |