Accession #: 200600047
Accession Date: 2006-05-18
Common name: druiwetrosvygie
Family: Aizoaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Dolphin Head, Namibia
Description: Jensenobotrya lossowiana is a shrub with thick woody, prostrate or hanging branches forming large dense mats 400-1000 mm in diameter. It has a fibrous root system and the branches are brittle and covered with dark brown to blackish, flaking, longitudinally fissured bark. Old branches are bare for up to two-thirds of their length and may be up to 70 mm in diameter. The younger branches have spongy internodes 5-10 mm long and up to 5 mm in diameter which are brownish at first and bear the remnants of old persistent leaves.
Taken from Jensenobotrya lossowiana by Ernst J. van Jaarsveld - Kirstenbosch NBG - follow link for more detail
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Matt Opel
Provenance:
locality: E. van Jaarsveld s.n., Dolphin Head, Namibia
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Culture:
Grows in coastal areas that receive frequent water from fog. Water lightly but frequently.