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Photo from Cactus Art.


Photo from Cactus Art.

Author: Martin H. Gustav Schwantes, 1928
Family:  AIZOACEAE
Origin:  South Africa
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  13 Centimetres
Height:  8 Centimetres
Flower:  Yellow
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Mesembryanthemum vittatum N.E.Br.
Nananthus tranvaalensis
var. griquensis L.Bolus, 1958.
Nananthus
transvaalensis var. latus L.Bolus, 1958.
Aloinopsis broomii, L.Bolus.
Aloinopsis cibdela, Schwantes.
Aloinopsis transvaalensis,
Schwantes.
Aloinopsis vittata,
Schwantes.
Mesembryanthemum cibdelum,
N.E.Br.
Mesembryanthemum transvaalense,
Rolfe.
Nananthus broomii,
L.Bolus.
Nananthus cibdelus,
Schwantes.
Rabiea cibdela,
N.E.Br.

This member of the Aizoaceae family was given this name by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwanter in 1928. It is found in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The cluster of swollen roots can grow to thirteen centimetres in diameter, but the plant will only raise to eight centimetre. The flowers are yellow.

The genera name from Latin nana, 'small'  and Greek; -anthos; 'flower'. The species name means 'striped'.