Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Lithops salicola
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Common name:
Beeskloutjies, Living stones, Stone plant
Family:
Aizoaceae (Vygie)
Distribution:
South Africa (FS, NC), Koffiefontein and Kraankruil to Petrusville.
Habitat:
Low limestone ridges or slopes, often along edges of brackish pans.
National red list:
Near Threatened
Life form:
Succulent plant
Comments:
Like all Lithops it also grows in annual cycles, as the leaf-pairs flower, and then each produces a new leaf-pair that replaces the old one (which shrivels away).
Links:
Wikipedia
Locations
1:
Arid House 1
• Accession: 1998-173/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
2:
Arid House 1
• Accession: 1999-896/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
3:
Arid House 1
• Accession: 1999-896 • Provenance: Unrecorded
Area
Individual