Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Lampranthus spectabilis (Haw.) N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 87: 212 (1930) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets ascendent, leaves crowded, glaucous, curvate, patent, triquetrous, acuminate, mucronate, flowers large, pedicellate, petals patent, 3cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 | Lampranthus macrocarpus (A.Berger) N.E.Br. Lampranthus macrosepalus (L.Bolus) L.Bolus Mesembryanthemum macrocarpum A.Berger Mesembryanthemum macrosepalum L.Bolus Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haw. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |