Author: |
Gordon Douglas Rowley, 1996 |
Family: |
PORTULACACEAE |
Origin: |
Namibia, W South
Africa |
Soil: |
Grit |
Water:
|
Minimum |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
Height: |
20
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Female:
Pink, Male: Greenish White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Portulacaria pygmaea Pillans,
1928 |
This member of the Portulacaceae
family was given this name by Gordon Douglas Rowley in 1996. It is found in
Namibia and western South Africa, growing in grit with little water in summer and
none in winter. The stem will get five centimetres thick, and reach
for 20 centimetres. The flowers are really tiny, the males are green
to white, the female flowers are white to pink. Besides from seeds, this
plant can easy be reproduced by leaf-cuttings. The genera is named
after the town of Carrizal Alto in Chile. The species name meaning
'small'.
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