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Dumpling

Conophytum truncatum

Also called Eastern Buttons

Dumpling
Photo: Jean-Jacques MILAN, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Conophytum truncatum is a small South African species of succulent plant of the genus Conophytum.

Where it grows

The easternmost of all Conophytum species, C. truncatum is indigenous to the Little Karoo region, and its surrounds, in the southern Cape of South Africa. It ranges from near Montagu in the west, as far east as the Springbokvlakte.

Other Conophytum plants

Cone plant · Conophytum breve · Conophytum burgeri · Coneplants · Conophytum chrisolum · Button plants · Conophytum flavum · Conophytum hammeri · Jolly Buttons · Conophytum longum · Conophytum minimum · Mini Buttons

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conophytum truncatum 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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