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Phiambolia unca is a small, low-growing succulent subshrub in the ice-plant family (Aizoaceae), native to the Northern Cape of South Africa. It needs full sun, very dry conditions and sharply drained soil, and it is rarely grown outside specialist collections.
Phiambolia unca is a small succulent plant that is part of the Aizoaceae family. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phiambolia unca 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.
