Lithops bromfieldii L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Lithops

Characteristics

Corpusculum maximum visum latere altero 3 cm, latere altero 3.7 cm, longum, parte latissima ad 2.2 cm, fissura 1.6 cm, lata, 3 cm diam. cum fissura per 3-4 mm ubi flos emerget tantum divergente, fissura ad 4 mm longa, saturate columbine griseum, supra planum sinon irregulariter bullatum, fenestra ipsa inconspicua, brunneo grisea, margine exteriore inaequaliter pectinate lobato, lobis pallide griseis, parte inter lobos ferrugineo rubra, intra marginem notis prominentibus, linearibus vel ramosis, pallide griseis, sparsis, ubique punctis parvis, ferrugineo rubris, leviter prominentibus, sat copiose ornata; pedunculus superne gradatim ampliatus, 3 cm longus; receptaculum valde compressum, subexsertum, 5 mm longum, 8.5 et 4 mm diam.; sepala 5, obtusa, 8 mm longa, 3-5 mm lata, 3 anguste marginata; petala 4-seriata, 1.5, 1.8, 2, et 2.2 cm longa, ad 2 mm lata, intima pauca angusta acuminata, exteriora acuta vel suhacuta, extima obtusa, inferne leviter angustata, aurea; filamenta parum supra basin constricta, alba, superne aurea, ad 8 mm longa, exteriora e basi per 3 mm papillate ciliata, intima epapillata, antheris aurantiacis; discus conspicuus crenatus; ovarium obscure lobatum, apicem versus gradatim leviterque elevatum, ibique altitudinem disci vix attingens; stigmata 5, superne aurantiaca, 1.2 longa.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Lithops bromfieldii unspecified picture

Distribution

Lithops bromfieldii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001293520
COL ID 3VL3C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lithops mennellii Lithops glaudinae Lithops insularis Lithops bromfieldii f. sulphurea Lithops bromfieldii Lithops rouxii Lithops upingtonensis Lithops bromfieldii var. bromfieldii Lithops bromfieldii var. glaudinae Lithops bromfieldii var. insularis Lithops bromfieldii var. mennellii