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Conophytum wettsteinii

Conophytum wettsteinii
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0

Conophytum wettsteinii is a small, stemless South African succulent that forms low clusters of fused leaf pairs. It grows in rocky ground in the northwest Cape and is best kept dry in summer and watered in the winter growing season.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly during the winter growing season and keep it dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Very fast-draining gritty mix, such as cactus or succulent mix with added grit.
Temperature
Frost-tender; keep above about 5 °C in winter and protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Conophytum wettsteinii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Conophytum, native to the northwest Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is known to grow in rocky regions, often associated with Crassula elegans. C. wettsteinii is a small groundcover species, which appears stemless with fused leaf-pairs having a obconical shape. This plant relies on winter rains and is mainly dormant in summer months. Best growth occurs when drainage is available, and when only shaded during mid-summer. Propegation can occur through seeds or through cuttings from a full grown plant, where each cutting contains at least 1 head and a fraction of root. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Conophytum plants

Conophytum flavum · Conophytum longum · Mini Buttons · Dumpling · Conophytum pellucidum · Button Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conophytum wettsteinii 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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