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Author: Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus 1937
Family:  Aizoaceae
Habitat:   Western South Africa
Soil:   Grit
Water:   Minimum
Sun:   Maximum
Thickness:  2 centimetres
Height:  3 centimetres
Flower:   White - Pink
Propagate:   Seeds
Names:   -
Synonyms:  Rimaria heathii, N. E. Br. 1926.
Gibbaeum blackburnii, L.Bolus
Gibbaeum comptonii,
L.Bolus.
Gibbaeum dubium,
H.Jacobsen.
Gibbaeum luckhoffii,
L.Bolus.
Mesembryanthemum heathii,
N.E.Br.
Rimaria comptonii,
L.Bolus.
Rimaria dubia,
N.E.Br.
Rimaria heathii,
N.E.Br.
Rimaria luckhoffii,
L.Bolus.

This member of the Aizoaceae family was given this name by Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus in 1937. It is found in the dry deserts of western South Africa, growing in grit with little water and lots of sun. The most common type in cultivation has white flowers, but the typo had pink.