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Cleretum apetalum
Cleretum apetalum, the mini sandfig, is a small annual succulent from the South African fynbos, native only to the south-western Western Cape. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care is mostly about keeping it in a sunny, dry, sandy spot.
Cleretum apetalum, commonly known as the mini sandfig, is a small annual plant in the family Fabaceae and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Yzerfontein to Cape Agulhas. The plant has a range of 9 250 km² and thirteen subpopulations are known. At places such as Yzerfontein, Gansbaai, Struisbaai, Muizenberg and Clovelly, the species' numbers are decreasing. At present, the population is not considered threatened.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleretum apetalum 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.
