Taxon

Gibbaeum haaglenii

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Common name: Volstruistone, Ostrich toes
Family: Aizoaceae (Vygie)
Distribution: Western Cape, Lower Breede River Valley.
Habitat: Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos
National red list: Endangered
Life form: Succulent plant
Comments: Much of its habitat has been lost to wheat cultivation, and remaining populations that occur on fragments between wheat fields are declining due to grazing and trampling by cattle and ostriches.
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Locations

  • 1: Arid House 1 • Accession: 1999-972/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
  • 2: Arid House 1 • Accession: 1999-972/2 • Provenance: Unrecorded
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