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''Conophytum flavum'', the yellow cone plant, is a small South African species of
succulent In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
flowering plant of the family Aizoaceae.


Description

This species has rounded, flattened (truncated) bodies, covered with many idioblasts. Its flowers, which appear in autumn and winter, are unscented and yellow (''flavum'' is Latin for “golden”).


Distribution and habitat

It is indigenous to the arid winter-rainfall Namaqualand region, in the far west of South Africa. Here it grows in rocky outcrops and crevices. In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s
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. (confirmed 2017). Conophytum flavum ssp. novicium GotBot 2015 001.jpg, The subspecies ''novicium'' File:Conophytum Ornatum in Flower (6120991460).jpg, The subspecies ''flavum''


References


Further reading

*Hammer,S.(2002) ''Dumpling and his wife: New views of the genus Conophytum'' EAE Creative Colour Ltd. . *Hammer,S.(1993) ''The genus Conophytum : A Conograph'' Succulent Plant Publications, Pretoria. . *National Botanical Institute of South Africa.(1993) ''List of Southern African Succulent Plants'' Umdaus Press.


External links

flavum Endemic flora of South Africa Flora of the Cape Provinces Namaqualand Taxa named by N. E. Brown {{Aizoaceae-stub