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Orthopterum waltoniae is a small succulent subshrub in the ice-plant family, endemic to the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It needs full sun, very good drainage and dry conditions, as is typical of its native Albany bush habitat.
Orthopterum waltoniae is a small succulent plant in the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Eastern Cape. The plant has a range of 1 815 km² and occurs from Addo to Grahamstown. It is part of the Albany Bush Ecoregion.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orthopterum waltoniae 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.
