Conophytum wettsteinii (A.Berger) N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Conophytum

Characteristics

Clusters up to 300 mm diam. Leaf-pairs succulent, up to 20 mm long, 30 mm diam., inversely conical, apex truncate, usually tilted, fissure eccentrically placed. Epidermis greyish to bluish green, spotted or not, smooth, shining. Flowers diurnal, petals mauve to pink, rarely white, filaments visible.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
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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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Conophytum wettsteinii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Conophytum wettsteinii threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000619193
COL ID 5ZTPG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Conophytum brevipes Conophytum circumpunctatum Conophytum wettsteinii Mesembryanthemum wettsteinii Conophytum wettsteinii var. wettsteinii