Gibbaeum velutinum is a dwarf, clump-forming succulent with short, woody, prostrate stems and pairs of unequal fleshy, finger-like leaves …
Browsing: Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a a very large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1900 species, largely endemic to Southern Africa. A few species are found in Australia and the Pacific area. They are commonly known as stone plants or carpet weeds. Species that resemble stones or pebbles are sometimes called Mesembs. Several species are known as "ice plants" because of the glistening globular bladder cells covering their stems, fruit and leaves.
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Lithops helmutii is a dwarf succulent with heart-shaped bodies composed of a pair of fleshy, widely gaping leaves. The bodies are …
Conophytum meyeri is a dwarf, freely branching succulent that forms domed or straggly cushions of well-fused leaf-pairs. It can grow up …
Cheiridopsis brownii is a small succulent with opposite pairs of fat, not gaping, mildly keeled leaves on short branches. It forms dense …
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Common Ice Plant) is a low-growing succulent with trailing, dichotomously branched stems and fleshy, spoon …
Ruschia uncinata is a mat-forming succulent with interesting leafless, gray-green, cylindrical stems with small opposite pointed nodes …
Ruschia lineolata (Carpet of Stars) is a mat-forming succulent shrublet with reddish, much-branched stems that bear bluish-green, narrow …
Ruschia pulvinaris (Shrubby Ice Plant) is a low-growing succulent with woody, branching stems covered with awl-shaped, gray-green leaves …
Didymaotus lapidiformis (Spirit Stone) is a dwarf compact succulent usually consisting of a single pair of chunky leaves pressed together …
Trichodiadema bulbosum (African Bonsai) is a succulent shrublet with a tuberous, barely exposed base and spreading, densely branched …