Botanical name

Oscularia deltoides

Family

Aizoaceae

Common Name

Tooth-leaved Rock Vygie, Sandsteenvygie.

Synonym (old name)

Lampranthus deltoides
Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides
Oscularia deltoides

Description

Sprawling or rounded shrublet with reddish shining branches. Leaves deltoid, triangular in cross section, glaucous, with keel and margins toothed; bears smallish pink flowers in crowded cymes. Fruits 5-locular.

Habitat

Sandstone outcrops.

Flower Date

October to December