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Lithops fulviceps (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Lithops

Characteristics

Herba succulenta, perparva, acaulis. Folia 2, in corpusculum ultra medium connata. Corpnscula subsolitaria vel subcaespitosa, 2.5-4.5 cm longa, obconica, apice 2.5-2.8 cm lata, truncata, fissuris transversis notata, laevia, glabra, fulva, maculis parvis rotundatis sordide atroviridibus notata, lateribus leviter purpureo-cinerascentibus opacis; fissura 7-8 mm profunda. Flores ignoti.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.03
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lithops fulviceps unspecified picture

Distribution

Lithops fulviceps world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Conservation status

Lithops fulviceps threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001293530
COL ID 3VL47
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lithops lydiae Mesembryanthemum fulviceps Mesembryanthemum ortendahlii Lithops fulviceps f. aurea Lithops fulviceps Lithops fulviceps var. fulviceps Lithops fulviceps var. lactinea Lithops fulviceps var. laevigata
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