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Dense Starfig

Cephalophyllum spissum

Also called Pink Spike Iceplant, Quartz Mat Vygie, Quartz Spike Iceplant

Dense Starfig
Photo: (c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Cape Prov. (Ven Rhynsdorp Distr.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Cephalophyllum spissum is a species of succulent in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape.

Other Cephalophyllum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cephalophyllum spissum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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