Conophytum pellucidum Schwantes

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Conophytum

Characteristics

Clusters up to 80 mm diam. Leaf-pairs succulent, up to 20 mm long, 12 mm diam., cylindrical, apex convex and usually bilobate, variably windowed. Epidermis purplish brown to greyish brown often with a mottled pattern of opaque brownish `islands' or smudges, sometimes with wart-like groups of prominent cells, often with a central depressed patch or an even, chequered pattern. Flowers diurnal, long-tubed, petals white, pink, rarely magenta, filaments forming a yellow to cinnabar ring, stigmas hidden.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.2 - 0.15
Mature height (meter) 0.28 - 0.33
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 9-9
Soil acidity 2-8
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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
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Images

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Distribution

Conophytum pellucidum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Conophytum pellucidum threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000618982
COL ID XS5W
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Conophytum pellucidum Mesembryanthemum pellucidum Conophytum pellucidum subsp. sterkstroomense

Lower taxons

Conophytum pellucidum subsp. cupreatum Conophytum pellucidum subsp. pellucidum Conophytum pellucidum subsp. saueri