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Lemonanthemum is a genus of succulent subshrubs in the ice-plant family, with a single species, L. zygophylloides, native to the southwestern Cape of South Africa. Grow it like other Cape succulents: full sun, sharp drainage and sparing water.
Lemonanthemum zygophylloides is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is a succulent subshrub endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is the sole species in genus Lemonanthemum.
The species was first described as Mesembryanthemum zygophylloides in 1927 by Louisa Bolus. In 2020 it was placed into its own genus, Lemonanthemum.
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