Conophytum longum N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Conophytum

Characteristics

Solitary, double-bodied or sometimes richly clustered, up to 100 mm diam. Leaf-pairs succulent, up to 40 mm long, 20 mm diam., long-cylindrical, apex truncate to convex, often with asymmetric keels, windowed and bilobed, lobes usually short and not gaping. Epidermis green, rarely purple, dull or shiny, fuzzed or frosted from short, crowded papillae. Flowers diurnal, scented, petals white or pink.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.03
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - -18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Conophytum longum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Conophytum longum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000618868
COL ID 5ZTMF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ophthalmophyllum herrei Conophytum longum Conophytum rawei Conophytum restitutum Conophytum discretum Ophthalmophyllum fulleri Ophthalmophyllum longitubum Ophthalmophyllum longum Ophthalmophyllum schlechteri