Common name:
Family: Aizoaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Meyerophytum globosum</i> (L.Bolus) Ihlenf.
Country of Origin: South Africa
Description: Slow growing (10 years or more to first flowering) succulent perennial showing strong heteroblasty, with distinct globular resting leaves and long, forked winter leaves.
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: D. Parker
Provenance:
Riethuis, Northern Cape Province, RSA. Mesa Garden 1780.31 via D. Parker, seed sown Oct. 18, 2008.
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Aizoaceae
- SubFamily: Ruschioideae
- Tribe: Ruschieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 02, 2018.
- Monilaria globosa at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 02, 2018.
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