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Frithia pulchra

About
Frithia pulchra, the fairy elephant's feet, is a species of flowering plant in the fig‑marigold family Aizoaceae, endemic to Gauteng Province, South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland with high summer rainfall. A tiny stemless succulent growing to just 10 cm (3.9 in) tall and 20 cm (7.9 in) broad, it has bulbous oblong leaves with leaf windows at the tip; and magenta and white daisy-like flowers in summer. During periods of drought it has the ability to shrink beneath the soil surface, thus avoiding excessive desiccation, but making it extremely difficult to find.
- Family
- Aizoaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Frithia pulchra
- Slug
- frithia-pulchra
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Frithia
- Species
- pulchra
- Wikidata QID
- Q1354588
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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