Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon suffultus Bruyns ex Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 380 (1978) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | leaves crowded on apex of branchlets, linear-elliptic, glabrous, 1-3cm, cuneate, inflorescence procumbent thyrsus, corolla tubular, 5-8mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | red-rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |