Conophytum minimum (Haw.) N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Conophytum

Characteristics

Flowers nocturnal. Succulent perennial forming loose mats or domes. Leaf bodies 8-15 mm long, elliptic in outline, glabrous to finely papillate, finely spotted and streaked, sheath white, often striate, persistent. Flowers nocturnal, white, pale yellow or pale pink. Fruits 4-or 5-locular.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

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°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Conophytum minimum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Conophytum minimum threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000618897
COL ID XS3X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum minimum Mesembryanthemum scitulum Mesembryanthemum pictum Mesembryanthemum perpusillum Mesembryanthemum obmetale Conophytum batesii Conophytum brevilineatum Conophytum leviculum Conophytum minimum Conophytum notatum Conophytum obmetale Conophytum pauxillum Conophytum petraeum Conophytum pictum Conophytum polulum Conophytum praecinctum Conophytum pusillum Conophytum wittebergense Conophytum albifissum Conophytum labyrintheum Conophytum radiatum Conophytum scitulum Conophytum signatum Conophytum vagum Conophytum literatum Mesembryanthemum labyrintheum Mesembryanthemum leviculum Mesembryanthemum pauxillum Mesembryanthemum pusillum Conophytum candelabriforme Conophytum decens Conophytum dedicatum Conophytum parcum Conophytum roseolineatum Conophytum perpusillum Mesembryanthemum glebula Mesembryanthemum signatum