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Redcentre Starfig

Cephalophyllum pillansii

Redcentre Starfig
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Redcentre Starfig is a low, gray-green succulent subshrub from the Ice-plant family, native to the Western Cape and Namaqualand. It grows best in full sun with sharp drainage and very little water.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining sandy or gritty mix with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Cephalophyllum pillansii is a plant species in the family Aizoaceae, endemic to the western Namaqualand veld in Namibia and South Africa. It has gray-green, succulent leaves, with yellow flowers.

Other Cephalophyllum plants

Cephalophyllum compressum · Cephalophyllum confusum · Cephalophyllum diversiphyllum · Fine Starfig · Dense Starfig · Cephalophyllum subulatoides · Starfigs

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cephalophyllum pillansii 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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