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Delosperma gautengense
Delosperma gautengense is an endangered, endemic succulent subshrub from the Magaliesberg ridges in Gauteng, South Africa, growing among rocky outcrops. It is a species from the ice-plant family and needs full sun, sharp drainage and sparing watering.
Delosperma gautengense, the Gold Reef sheepfig, is an endangered species of succulent endemic to the Magaliesberg mountain range in Gauteng, South Africa.
Delosperma gautengense is found amongst rocky outcrops on south-facing slopes in Gold Reef mountain bushveld and Gauteng shale mountain bushveld habitat (in the savanna biome in Gauteng). It is restricted to the Magaliesberg and related mountain ridges near Pretoria.
Delosperma abbottii · Aberdeen Sheepfig · Flatleaf Sheepfig · Lesotho Intelezi Fig · Delosperma bosseranum · Delosperma brunnthaleri · Delosperma congestum · Hardy Iceplant · Delosperma crassum · Delosperma davyi · Tarkastad Sheepfig · Doringblaarvygie
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Delosperma gautengense 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.
