Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Adromischus bicolor Hutchinson |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 29: 15 (1957] |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 400-800m |
Description | branchlets grey-brown, leaves obovate to triangular, 2-4cm, grey-green, densely purple-variegate, rounded to truncate, cymes 1-2-flowered, corolla 9-10mm, tubular, lobes 2mm |
Size | 8-12cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |