Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Adromischus alstonii (Schönland & Baker.f.) C.A.Sm. |
Bibliography | Bothalia 3: 638 (1939) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1300m |
Description | branchlets grey, leaves 3-5cm, rigid, oblanceolate to obovate, grey pruinose-variegate, cuneate, obtuse, cymes 1-3-flowered, corolla 9-12mm, tubular, lobes triangular |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
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 in late summer |
Synonyms | Adromischus pulchellus Hutchinson Adromischus subrubellus Poelln. Adromischus triebneri Poelln. Cotyledon alstonii Schönland & Baker f. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |