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Oscularia deltoides
Also called Rock Toothfig
Oscularia deltoides is a low, spreading succulent subshrub from the sandstone mountains of the south-western Cape, South Africa, grown for its silver-blue foliage and masses of pink flowers in spring. It thrives in full sun with sharp drainage.
Oscularia deltoides, the deltoid-leaved dewplant, dassievygie or sandsteenvygie is a species of flowering succulent plant in the fig-marigold family Aizoaceae that is native to the south-western Cape, South Africa.
It is increasingly grown in South African gardens as an ornamental plant and can easily be propagated from cuttings, which should be planted in a sunny position. This low-maintenance succulent spreads out forming a colourful mat and grows well on the rocky edge of flower beds where it cascades over the edge. It attracts butterflies. In colder temperate regions it requires winter protection or glass cover. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
It was previously classed in the genus Lampranthus, as Lampranthus deltoides.
Oscularia alba · Gum Toothfig · Cederberg Toothfig · Oscularia compressa · Oscularia comptonii · Oscularia copiosa · Oscularia cremnophila · Oscularia excedens · Oscularia guthrieae · Oscularia lunata · Giant Rock Toothfig · Oscularia ornata
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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.
