Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon buchholzianus (Schuldt & P.Stephan) Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 379 (1978) |
Native Range | nw. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | leaves short lived, crowded, linear-cylindrical to obovate, 5-40mm, inflorescence sessile thyrsus, to 2cm, corolla tubular, 10-15mm, petals hirsute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | purple, red-purple |
Bloom | early spring |
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 | Cotyledon buchholziana Schuldt & P.Stephan |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |