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Locality: Photograph
taken at Eierpoort Nature Reserve
Distribution: Southern
Namibia, Namaqualand Northern Cape, Karoo.
Description: These
shrubs are 100-400 mm tall. The greyish-green slender stems are erect or decumbent
and heavily covered with four ranks of scaly, triangular leaves.
Flower: The
flowers are tubular and appear in terminal cymes, no peduncle.
Propagation: Seeds
and cuttings.
Cultivation:
Full
sun or light shade, little water & food every now and then, the plant featured here is
growing in an upturned cement brick. I give it water in summer and winter, no fixed
regime.
Photographer:
Etwin Aslander
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