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Faucaria tuberculosa

Faucaria tuberculosa
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0

Faucaria tuberculosa, called warty tiger jaws, is a small, clump-forming South African succulent with pairs of fleshy, toothed leaves and yellow daisy-like flowers in autumn. It needs bright light, sharp drainage and very sparing water.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent, Bulb
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply only when the soil is fully dry, and much less in winter.
Soil
Gritty cactus or succulent mix with added grit or pumice for fast drainage.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Cape Prov. (Fort Beaufort)
Climate
subtropical

About

Faucaria tuberculosa, called warty tiger jaws, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Faucaria, native to southern Cape Provinces of South Africa. A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Faucaria plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Faucaria tuberculosa 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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