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Succulents Partly documented

Delosperma lineare

A small mat-forming ice plant from the summer-rainfall grasslands of KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and Lesotho. It wants strong sun, warm wet summers and a drier, cooler winter. Little is published about this species specifically, so this profile is built mostly from the measured climate and what is known for the genus.

Delosperma lineare
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Recorded mainly in the southern KwaZulu-Natal midlands and the eastern escarpment. Like related grassland Delosperma it most likely grows on rocky, shallow, sunny ground among grasses.

Few records carry an elevation. The recorded sites sit at roughly mid elevations below the Drakensberg, and Lesotho records point to higher ground.

KwaZulu-NatalFree StateLesotho

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.