| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Sarcocaulon patersonii (DC.) G.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 1: 715 (1831) |
| Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 30-1400m |
| Description | branchlets more than 1cm in diameter, leaves narrowly to broadly obovate, 5-25mm, glabrous, spines thick, straight, petals 15-30mm long |
| Size | 20-60cm |
| Color | rose |
| 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, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Monsonia patersonii DC. Sarcocaulon rigidum Schinz Sarcocaulon rigidum ssp. glabrum S.E.A.Rehm Sarcocaulon rigidum f. parviflorum S.E.A.Rehm |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |