Faucaria felina (L.) Schwantes

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.05 m high, compact clusters. Leaves ovate-rhomboid, smooth to warty, keel oblique, dark green, margins with 3-10 even teeth. Flowers solitary, yellow, open in afternoon. Flowering time Mar.-June. Capsules 5-locular, locules hidden by lamellae thus appearing empty, valve wings present, typical closing bodies and covering membranes absent.
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Tufted perennial, short-stemmed with age. Leaves crowded, 4-8, ovate-rhomboid to linear-lanceolate, keeled, toothed. Flowers 1 or 2, yellow, sometimes white, to 50 mm diam. Fruits without covering membranes or closing body.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.06
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

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Distribution

Faucaria felina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000685968
COL ID 3DVY9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Faucaria acutipetala Mesembryanthemum lupinum Faucaria candida Faucaria cradockensis Faucaria jamesii Faucaria latipetala Faucaria laxipetala Faucaria longidens Faucaria longifolia Faucaria lupina Faucaria militaris Faucaria montana Faucaria multidens Faucaria plana Faucaria ryneveldiae Faucaria crassisepala Faucaria duncanii Faucaria felina Faucaria kingiae Faucaria uniondalensis Mesembryanthemum felinum Faucaria felina var. jamesii Mesembryanthemum ringens var. felinum Mesembryanthemum felinum Faucaria felina f. splendens Faucaria felina var. felina Faucaria multidens var. paardepoortensis