Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Malephora verruculoides (Sond.) Schwantes |
Bibliography | Gartenflora 77: 69 (1928) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1100-1500m |
Description | leaves fasciculate, erect, soft, pruinose, cylindrical, adaxially flat, obtuse, shortly mucronate, flowers 1-4, terminal, pedicellate, petals a little longer than calyx |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hymenocyclus verruculoides (Sond.) L.Bolus Mesembryanthemum verruculoides Sond. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |