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Faucaria subintegra

Faucaria subintegra
Photo: Daderot, Public domain

Faucaria subintegra is a small, low-growing succulent from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, in the ice-plant family. Grow it in very well-drained gritty soil in bright sun, and water sparingly.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply only when the soil is fully dry, and reduce water sharply in winter.
Soil
Very well-drained gritty cactus or succulent mix.
Temperature
10-30 °C; protect from frost below about 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Cape Prov. (Peddie)
Climate
subtropical

About

Faucaria subintegra is a small succulent plant that is part of the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Eastern Cape. The plant has a range of 497 km² and occurs between the Keiskamma River and the Chalumna River. The species is threatened by informal settlement construction and overgrazing.

Other Faucaria plants

Camdeboo Tigerfig · Faucaria britteniae · Cat Tigerfig · Faucaria gratiae · Faucaria nemorosa · Tiger's jaws · Faucaria tuberculosa · Tigerfigs

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Faucaria subintegra 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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