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Lapidaria margaretae, the Karoo rose, is the only species in its genus, a dwarf succulent from the Ice-plant family that grows in arid southern Namibia and the adjacent Northern Cape. It needs full bright sun and a fast-draining setup, and it is dormant through the hot summer and cold winter.
Lapidaria is a monotypic genus of dwarf succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae. The only species it contains is Lapidaria margaretae, also known as the Karoo rose.
Even though there are no commercial uses for L. margaretae, it is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental plant. They need full bright sunlight throughout the year and will grow at any time when the weather is warm and sunny and water is available. Plants are frost tolerant to −4 °C (25 °F).
This species is native to dry areas (250 mm per year) in southern Namibia, around Warmbad and the Northern Cape areas adjacent to Warmbad in South Africa, at an elevation of 660 to 1,100 metres (2,170 to 3,610 ft) above sea level.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lapidaria margaretae 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.
