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Khadia carolinensis
Afternoon Rootfig (Khadia carolinensis) is a small succulent subshrub in the Ice-plant family (Aizoaceae), endemic to Mpumalanga, South Africa, where it grows in coal-bearing sandstone. Like other ice plants it needs bright sun, very sharp drainage and only occasional water.
Khadia carolinensis is a succulent plant that is part of the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in Mpumalanga from Carolina to Belfast. There is coal under the sandstone in which the plant grows but this has not had a major impact on the species to date. However, several applications for mining licenses have been submitted in the past five years. It is expected that if open pit mining activities begin, 45% of the species' habitat will be lost in ten to twenty years.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Khadia carolinensis 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.
