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

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Conophytum

Characteristics

Clusters up to 300 mm diam. Leaf-pairs succulent, up to 25 mm long, 30 mm diam., often ? that size, inversely conical, apex truncate, sometimes (deeply) concave, fissure long or short. Epidermis bluish green, rarely purple, spotted or not, smooth, rarely palpably papillate. Flowers diurnal, petals mauve to pink, rarely white (in littoral populations), inner filamentous, staminodes yellow to orange, anthers and stigmas invisible.
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Flowers diurnal. Succulent perennial forming mats or cushions. Leaf bodies 15-20 mm long, obconic, truncate, sometimes concave, glabrous or minutely papillate, spotted, sheath papery, whitish or pale brownish, persistent and forming collars. Flowers diurnal, magenta to pink, sometimes white. Capsule 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) 0.01 - 0.02
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-4
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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

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Distribution

Conophytum minutum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Conophytum minutum threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000618904
COL ID XS42
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum thecatum Conophytum braunsii Conophytum pearsonii Conophytum minutum Mesembryanthemum minutum Conophytum minutum f. minutum Conophytum parile Conophytum glabrum Conophytum sellatum Conophytum tubatum Conophytum minutum var. nudum Conophytum minutum var. pearsonii Conophytum minutum var. sellatum Conophytum pearsonii var. latisectum Conophytum pearsonii var. minor Conophytum minutum f. sellatum Conophytum nudum Conophytum minutum var. minutum Conophytum minutum var. acutum Conophytum minutum var. laxum Conophytum minutum var. lisabeliae
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