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Photo by Craig Fry, Succulentguide.com.

Author:  Martin H. Gustav Schwantes, 1926
Family:  AIZOACEAE
Origin:  Southern South Africa
Soil:  Grit
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  4 Centimetres
Height:  10 Centimetres
Flower:  Light Pink / Red
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Might be: Nananthus rosulatus, G.D.Rowley, 1978.
Mesembryanthcmum rosulatum,
Kensit.
Acaulon rosulata
Aistocaulon rosulata, , N.E.Br.
Acaulon rosulatum N.E.Br.,

Aistocaulon rosulatum
Von Pöllnitz ex H.Jacobsen,
Mesembryanthemum rosulatum 

This member of the Aizoaceae family was given this name by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes in 1926. It is found in Southern South Africa, growing in wintertime in grit with some water and some sun. The tubes will get four centimetres thick, the hole plant will only rice to ten centimetres. The flowers are pale pink with red stripes. It can be reproduced both by seeds, leaves and cuttings.

The genera name means 'looking like Aloe' - although I fail to see that! The genera name because the leaves sits in a rosette.

This is a winter-grower like the other Aloinopsis'.