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Frithia humilis

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Frithia humilis is a species of plant in the Aizoaceae family. Frithia humilis is one of the few Aizoaceae growing endemic to the summer-rainfall region of South Africa. It is restricted to two provinces of South Africa: Gauteng and Mpumalanga. This small plant consists of a cluster of long, succulent leaves that stick out just above the sandy gravel, with a thickened underground rootstock. The leaves lose water and contract during drought, hiding underground and so

Family
Aizoaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Frithia humilis
Slug
frithia-humilis
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Frithia
Species
humilis
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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