Taxon

Lithops salicola

 
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Lithops salicola - Beeskloutjies, Living stones, Stone plant
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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
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