Accession #: 199800146
Accession Date: 1998-10-02
Common name: Window Plant
Family: Aizoaceae
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Country of Origin: South Africa - Northern Cape
Description: Autumn/winter growing "window plant."
The conical shaped bodies of Conophytum pellucidum do not easily absorb sunlight, but have translucent window parts in the top surface that allow sunlight to be captured and utilized even when the plant are at the soil level or retracted below the surface of the soil.3
Uses:
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Source: Matt Opel
Provenance:
3 km S. of Concordia, NC, RSA. Seed from Steven Hammer sown ca. 1992.
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