Accession Data

Conophytum pellucidum

Common Name: Window Plant

Family: Aizoaceae

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

Accession Data

Accession #: 199800146

Accession Date: 1998-10-02 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2207

Quantity: 2

Source: Matt Opel

Provenance: 3 km S. of Concordia, NC, RSA. Seed from Steven Hammer sown ca. 1992.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Aizoaceae

SubFamily: Ruschioideae

Tribe: Ruschieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Personal communication with Matt Opel, November 1998
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  3. Conophytum pellucidum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
  4. Conophytum pellucidum at Encyclopedia of Succulents. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

Images

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