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🌱 Morphology
Small perennial succulent that usually forms a rosette, occasionally two or three, with very tight, recurved leaves, creating the characteristic hemispherical profile that gives the species its name. During flowering, it can reach approximately 5–12 cm in height, up to about 16 cm. The leaves are sessile, fleshy, and relatively rigid, approximately 1.5–3 cm long and 1.5–2.5 cm wide, although they can reach larger dimensions. They are obovate, occasionally elliptical, dorsiventrally flattened, and often slightly channeled along the midrib. They generally have an obtuse apex with a small mucro, although forms with acute leaves exist. They are glabrous, except for a characteristic dense row of cilia on the margin, and their coloration varies from green to grayish-green or brownish-green.

🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
Family Crassulaceae. It is endemic to South Africa and is distributed throughout the Cape provinces, from the mountains around the Knersvlakte and Bokkeveld, through the Western Karoo and the vicinity of Worcester, eastward to near Willowmore and the Kouga Mountains. It grows mainly on stony slopes and depressions on sandstones, quartzites, and their derived soils, within Fynbos and Succulent Karoo environments.

❄️ Temperature — USDA Zone 9b–11b
It tolerates cool temperatures and occasional cold spells when fully dry and acclimated. Special caution is recommended with the combination of low temperatures and moisture in the substrate.

☀️ Lighting
Recommended target of 15–25 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ of DLI PAR. High lighting keeps the rosette compact and favors a more intense grayish-green or brownish coloration. Gradual acclimation to direct sun is recommended.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Summer dormancy. Its distribution is concentrated in Cape regions with marked seasonality and highly arid environments. Growth is favored by moderate temperatures and water availability, always alternating abundant watering with complete drying of the substrate. During periods of intense heat, it may slow down, and watering should be spaced out. In winter, if temperatures are low, it is recommended to considerably reduce water supply and keep the substrate dry between waterings. It is not advisable to keep it permanently damp, especially due to the compact structure of the rosette.

🌸 Flowering
The inflorescence is an elongated thyrse, occasionally spike-like in appearance, which rises clearly above the rosette. It produces numerous small flowers with a white or cream tubular corolla, whose petals separate and recurve progressively; the anthers are black. In Spain, flowering can be expected approximately between March and May, depending on cultivation conditions.

🌿 Nutrition
During the active period, Desert CHOICE® Succulents is recommended, applied after watering and with the substrate previously hydrated. Before flowering, it can be supplemented with Desert CHOICE® Flowering.

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.

Gourmet plant in an 8x8 cm black pot

* As this is an online purchase, the appearance of the specimen sent may vary slightly from the product image. The plant measurements are specified in the photo description, but this can also vary slightly, because it is a living being! Each of the Desert CITY plants has unique characteristics.

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