Aizoon filiforme
A slender, thin-stemmed Aizoon of the southwestern Cape lowlands and the Little Karoo edge. It grows in the cool, wet season and dries off in a hot summer, so in cultivation it wants full sun, a gritty mix and water mainly from autumn to spring.
Where it grows wild
Most records come from the Breede River valley, the Overberg and the southern Cape coastal plain, with a few in the Karoo; this points to open renosterveld, karroid scrub and disturbed sandy or stony ground. Habitat detail is inferred from the genus and the record locations.
Mostly lowland, around 150-250 m, with some records up to about 1,000 m.
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