Skip to content
2Learn

Conophytum chrisolum

About

Conophytum chrisolum is a species of succulent plant in the Iceplant Family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Richtersveld region of Northern Cape Province in South Africa. It may be the smallest free-living, land dwelling (non-aquatic) flowering plant, and certainly is the smallest succulent, measuring no more than 0.4 inch (10 mm) in height by less than 0.25 inch (6 mm) in width. It never branches or divides. It was only discovered in 1994 by botanical explorer Chris Rodgerson. The solitary magenta colored flower, up to 0.8 inch (20 mm) in diameter, is wider than the plant.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Family
Aizoaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
Name
Conophytum chrisolum
Slug
conophytum-chrisolum
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Conophytum
Species
chrisolum
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
28

Generated sections & citations

summarywikipedia