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Laingsburg Wartfig

Aloinopsis loganii

Laingsburg Wartfig
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Laingsburg Wartfig is a small, low-growing succulent subshrub from the Ice-plant family, native only to a tiny area of the Western Cape in South Africa. It is grown mainly by specialist collectors and needs full sun, sharp drainage and very little water.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; reduce to almost none in winter.
Soil
Gritty, fast-draining cactus or succulent mix.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from frost and wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Aloinopsis loganii is a small succulent plant that is part of the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. It occurs at Matjiesfontein and has a range of less than 10 km2. The plant is threatened by overgrazing.

Other Aloinopsis plants

Aloinopsis acuta · Calvinia Wartfig · Aloinopsis malherbei · Mimic Wartfig · Stripe Wartfig · Aloinopsis schooneesii · Sutherland Wartfig · Puckerfigs

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloinopsis loganii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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