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Lampranthus tenuifolius, the narrow-leaf brightfig, is a tiny, critically endangered succulent subshrub from the Cape Flats near Cape Town, South Africa, growing only 10 to 15 cm tall with bright pink and violet flowers. Grow it as a sunny, free-draining succulent in sandy soil, and avoid overwatering.
Lampranthus tenuifolius, the narrow-leaf brightfig, is a critically endangered species of succulent plant that is endemic to the Cape Flats Dune Strandveld around Cape Town, South Africa.
This plant is naturally restricted to the coastal dune Strandveld vegetation of the Cape Flats, Cape Town. Here it grows in mildly alkaline or neutral sands.
Bakoven Brightfig · Golden Brightfig · Lampranthus bicolor · Lampranthus brownii · Cerise Brightfig · Redflush · Lampranthus coralliflorus · Runty Brightfig · Lampranthus dregeanus · Lampranthus dulcis · Clusterleaf Brightfig · Lampranthus esterhuyseniae
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lampranthus tenuifolius 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.
