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Namibia cinerea

Namibia cinerea
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0

Namibia cinerea is a small, grey-green succulent subshrub from the ice-plant family, endemic to Namibia and found in rocky desert areas. It is rarely cultivated, so care depends on treating it like other arid-zone mesembs: bright light, sharp drainage and sparing water.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and let the soil dry fully between waterings; keep dry in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining gritty cactus or succulent mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Namibia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Namibia cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Namibia cinerea 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.

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