Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Delosperma crassuloides (Haw.) L.Bolus |
Bibliography | Notes Mesembryanthemum 1: 135 (1928) |
Native Range | Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1400-3200m |
Description | branchlets procumbent, thin, leaves remote, narrowly lanceolate, acute, abaxially convex, adaxially sulcate, flowers solitary, 20mm in diam. |
Size | 5-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum crassulinum Spreng. Mesembryanthemum crassuloides Haw. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |