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Peersia frithii is a small succulent subshrub in the ice-plant family (Aizoaceae), native to South Africa's Karoo and arid western regions. It needs a sunny, dry, well-drained setup like other Karoo succulents.
Peersia frithii is a small succulent plant in the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape from Laingsburg to Aberdeen. The plant has a range of 28 913 km2 but has lost some of its habitat to overgrazing and trampling by livestock.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peersia frithii 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.
