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Malephora lutea
Also called Rocky Point Ice Plant
Malephora lutea, the Golden Fingerfig or Rocky Point Ice Plant, is a low, succulent subshrub from the dry southwestern Cape of South Africa, grown for its bright golden flowers. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and very little water.
Malephora lutea is a species of plants in the family Aizoaceae (stone plants). They are succulent plants. Flowers are visited by Fidelia kobrowi.
Gross Fingerfig · Coppery mesemb · Malephora engleriana · Malephora flavocrocea · Malephora framesii · Malephora herrei · Malephora latipetala · Malephora luteola · Malephora mollis · Malephora ochracea · Malephora pienaarii · Carmine Fingerfig
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malephora lutea 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.
