WorldFloraDB - Faucaria britteniae

Characteristics

Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.1 m high, forming compact clusters. Leaves keeled forming a chin, margins with 6-13 even teeth, glaucous with white dots. Flowers solitary, yellow, open in afternoon. Flowering time autumn. Capsules woody, 5(6-locular, locules hidden by lamellae thus appearing empty, typical closing bodies and covering membranes absent, valve wings present, tops raised.

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Plants clump-forming or shrubby, stem-forming with age; stems up to 120 mm long. Leaves spreading, ovate-rhomboid. 30-55(-70) x 12-33 mm, keeled; keel sharp, forming a pronounced chin in almost rectangular arrangement as seen from side, toothed; 6-10

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

-

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.1

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°)	15
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	-
WFO ID	wfo-0000685962
COL ID	3DVY3
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Faucaria britteniae Faucaria coronata Faucaria smithii Faucaria speciosa Faucaria grandis Faucaria felina subsp. britteniae

WorldFloraDB 2024

Faucaria britteniae L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Faucaria