Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Aizoon zeyheri Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 2: 470 (1862) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets alternate, short, leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate, acute, abaxially obtusely carinate, appresed white hirsute, flowers axillary, sessile |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |