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Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense

Common names: Aasvoelberg mesemb (Eng.); Aasvoelberg-douvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... senescent, at least 25 year old, cliff-hanger specimen of Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense, about 1 m long, growing on the ... in summer and autumn when the capsules mature. Fig. 3. Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense in full flower on the cool upper south-facing cliff of the Aasvoelberg. Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense is only known from the upper ...

25 / 03 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Drosanthemum hallii

Common names: None recorded

Family: Aizoaceae

... Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden April 2013 Drosanthemum hallii is a low-growing succulent shrub with an ... It is fast-growing and flowers from September to October. Drosanthemum hallii is known from the Worcester-Breede River ... north-facing slopes on shale-sandstone transition soils. Drosanthemum hallii flowers during the warm period of the day ...

29 / 04 / 2013 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum striatum

Common names: ice plant (Eng.); bergygie, vleisbos, porseleinbos (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... perennial with a semi-prostrate, mat-forming growth habit. Drosanthemum striatum only lives for about five years under ... in a woody capsule and seed matures in late January. Drosanthemum striatum is endemic to the southern part of the ... renosterveld. Pollinators are essentially moths and bees. Drosanthemum striatum flowers after 11 am in the morning and ...

17 / 01 / 2011 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum thudichumii

Common names: Thudichum's vygie

Family: Aizoaceae

... Oliver Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden June 2009 Drosanthemum thudichumii is a bushy, erect, succulent ... In cultivation they may live only as long as 10 years. Drosanthemum thudichumii is known only from the ... Cape. It grows mainly in decomposed Malmesbury shales. Drosanthemum thudichumii favours western slope aspects where ...

29 / 06 / 2009 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum bicolor

Common names: tweekleurporseleinbos (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... Harris Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden August 2008 Drosanthemum bicolor is an erect small shrub, 1 m high, with ... The fruit is a capsule and the seeds are brown and round. Drosanthemum bicolor grows in decomposed Malmesbury shale on ... seed capsule loses moisture and dries, it closes again. Drosanthemum Use Drosanthemum bicolor in the garden with ...

11 / 08 / 2008 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum micans

Common names: Robertson vygie

Family: Aizoaceae

... Karoo Desert National Botanical Gardens September, 2006 Drosanthemum micans is a low-growing, dense, compact, ... outgrow their nurse. There are over 110 species of Drosanthemum found in the arid areas of South Africa and neighbouring Namibia. Drosanthemum micans has a relatively small distribution in ...

18 / 09 / 2006 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum floribundum

Common names: purple carpet (Eng.); perstapeit (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... Garden with additions by Yvonne Reynolds March 2003 Drosanthemum floribundum is a low-growing, ground-hugging ... at Paardeneiland near Cape Town. The main pollinator of Drosanthemum floribundum is the Cape honey bee. Butterflies ... can, in its lifetime, cover an area as large as 2m². Drosanthemum These plants are very rewarding. They are hardy ...

31 / 03 / 2003 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum speciosum

Common names: Worcester-Robertson vygie, Red ice-plant (Eng.), Bergvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden August 2002 Drosanthemum speciosum is a very colourful low-growing ... Fynbos and Renosterveld from Worcester to Barrydale. Drosanthemum In the garden the plants must be replaced after ... autumn (December to April in South Africa). The genus name Drosanthemum , was derived from the Greek words drosos , ...

26 / 08 / 2002 | Werner Voigt | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum anemophilum

Common names: spindly mesemb (Eng.), latvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... Flowering mainly in spring and early summer. Fig. 2. Drosanthemum anemophilum in flower in a corner unit in the ... Society Conservatory at Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. Drosanthemum anemophilum is a quarzitic sandstone endemic, ... Pass, south of Laingsburg, Western Cape, habitat of Drosanthemum anemophilum, with Gunter Vandeval among the ...

| Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

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