Delosperma cooperi (Hook.F.) L.Bolus

Délosperma (fr), Délosperme de Cooper (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Delosperma

Characteristics

Perennial, dwarf shrublet, caespitose or forming loose clumps of 0.4 m in diam., up to 0.2 m high, adventitious roots fibrous. Leaves succulent borne upright, semi-terete to trigonous, covered by even rows of prominent, domed, glassy bladder cells, apex tapering to a blunt point. Flowers solitary or in cymes, bright pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale honey-coloured, mostly 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, valve wings very broad.
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Dwarf shrub, 0.2-0.4 m high. Stems much branched, glabrous, greyish green, smooth. Leaves semiterete to trigonous, tapering to a sharp point, 37-50 mm long, papillate. Flowers: in cymes; corolla 30-60 mm in diameter; petals bright pinkish purple, base often white; staminodes pinkish purple or white; anthers yellow; Oct.-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system adventitious-root fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 9 - 27
Germination temperacture (C°) 22
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Delosperma cooperi unspecified picture
Delosperma cooperi unspecified picture

Distribution

Delosperma cooperi world distribution map, present in France, Lesotho, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000639477
COL ID 34H8G
BDTFX ID 21785
INPN ID 94562
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Synonyms

Mesembryanthemum cooperi Delosperma cooperi Delosperma cooperi f. cooperi Delosperma cooperi f. bicolor Delosperma cooperi var. bicolor