Gunniopsis zygophylloides

A small, fleshy-leaved member of the ice-plant family (Aizoaceae) from the arid heart of Australia, growing on saline flats, claypans and stony plains around Lake Eyre and north into the Northern Territory. It needs full sun, heat, very sharp drainage and only occasional water, and often behaves as a short-lived plant that is easiest kept going from seed.

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

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open, treeless arid plains, often on saline or gypseous clay, claypan margins and gibber country, in full exposure. Habitat details are generalised from the genus and the recorded localities.

Few records give elevation; the climate sites lie at roughly 160 to 430 m on low inland plains.

South AustraliaNorthern Territory

🔒 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.