Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Tylecodon torulosus Toelken |
Bibliography | Bothalia 12: 381 (1978) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | branchlets grey-white, leaves 2-4cm, patent, crowded on apex of branchlets, ovate to spathulate, flat, cuneate, inflorescence subsessile thyrsus, corolla tubular, 2cm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow-green |
Bloom | summer |
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 after flowering |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |