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Adromischus diabolicus

Adromischus diabolicus
Common names: Gariep adromischus (Eng.), Gariepnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... crevices and fissures, ideal for establishment of plants. Adromischus diabolicus grows mainly on the cooler, ... , Crassula sericea var. velutina, Crassula elegans, Adromischus alstonii, Crassula muscosa, Anacampseros ruschii, ... 4. The mountains at Aggeneys, Northern Cape, habitat of Adromischus diabolicus . Plants only grow on sheer ...

27 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis

Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis
Common names: Brandberg adromischus (Eng.), Brandbergnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... close-up of an old, established, fruit-bearing cluster of Adromischus schuldtianus subsp . brandbergensis in a granite ... a south-facing cliff near Orabes Wand, Brandberg, Namibia. Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis grows on ... , annual herbs and grasses. The south-facing aspect where Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis grows, is also ...

20 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus subdistichus

Adromischus subdistichus
Common names: book-stonecrop (Eng.), boekieplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... Nico van Wyk & Phillip Venter for assistance in the field. Adromischus subdistichus is a small, little-branched, ... southern hemisphere). Fig. 2. (left) A drooping plant of Adromischus subdistichus growing on a sheer cliff at Toorwaterspoort, and (right) Adromischus subdistichus growing on the Nuwekloof Pass, east ...

13 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus leucophyllus

Adromischus leucophyllus
Common names: flour-stonecrop, white-leaf adromischus (Eng.); witblaarplakkie, meel-boekplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... the leaf end. The base wedge-shaped. Fig. 2. A cluster of Adromischus leucophyllus in flower on a crevice of a cliff ... in autumn. Fig. 3. A close-up of the inflorescence of Adromischus leucophyllus near De Doorns, Western Cape. Adromischus leucophyllus grows on quarzitic sandstone cliffs ...

06 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus phillipsiae

Adromischus phillipsiae on a sheer south facing cliff
Common names: bell-nenta (Eng.), klokkiesrosie, klokkiesnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... the location southeast of Calvinia in the Northern Cape. Adromischus phillipsiae plants are dwarf-sized, rosulate ... (March to April in the southern hemisphere). Fig. 2. Adromischus phillipsiae filling a crevice on the sheer south facing cliff south-east of Calvinia. Adromischus phillipsiae is confined to the Escarpment ...

30 / 01 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus umbraticola

Adromischus umbraticola growing in the Magaliesberg. Photo Richard Gill
Common names: cliff adromischus (Eng); krans-brosplakkie (Afr)
Family: Crassulaceae

... thanks Richard Gill for providing images of the plant. Adromischus umbraticola is a sparingly branched, leaf ... pink flowers with a greyish-white bloom, in late summer. Adromischus umbraticola is endemic to South Africa, occurring ... Reef Mountain Bushveld and Andesite Mountain Bushveld. Adromischus umbraticola plants in their natural habitat ...

18 / 07 / 2022 | Caroline Marima | Pretoria NBG
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Adromischus fallax

Adromischus fallax
Common names: large cliff-adromischus (Eng.); groot-kransrosie, groot-kransnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... altitude, along the southern escarpment edge. Adromischus fallax grows rooted in crevices. The depicted ... zonale and the shrub Diospyros whyteana . Fig. 3. Adromischus fallax filling a crevice on cliffs on the Tandjiesberg, near Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. Adromischus fallax proliferates from subterranean stolons. ...

06 / 06 / 2022 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus humilis

Adromischus humilis
Common names: dwarf cliff adromischus (Eng.); bontkransrosie, bontkransnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... southern hemisphere). Fig. 2. A cluster of plants of Adromischus humilis almost in flower in early February, ... and fissures, ideal for the establishment of plants. Adromischus humilis plants grow mainly on the cooler, shady, ... or cyclonic winter rain. Fig. 4. A dense cluster of Adromischus humilis filling up the entire growth space ...

30 / 05 / 2022 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus triflorus

Adromischus triflorus
Common names: duck's foot, calico heart (Eng.); bontplakkie, eendevoet (Afr.)

Family: Crassulaceae

... Riddles Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden March 2020 Adromischus triflorus is a slow-growing, perennial, succulent ... occur on the upper part of the leaves. The leaves of Adromischus triflorus also have horny margins, mostly on the upper apex of the leaves. Adromischus triflorus produces up to 3 flowering spikes, ...

23 / 03 / 2020 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG
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Adromischus maculatus

Adromischus maculatus
Common names: mottled pig's ears, calico hearts, chocolate heart, chocolate drop, cheetah heart (Eng.); bontplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden February 2020 Adromischus maculatus is a low-growing, perennial, succulent, ... thin, straight, gradually tapered toward tips, spreading. Adromischus maculatus originates from the Western and Eastern ... to Uniondale. In 2007, Greg Nicolson discovered how Adromischus alstonii is pollinated by bees belonging to the ...

03 / 02 / 2020 | Katlego Selemela | Walter Sisulu NBG
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