Stone plant (Dinteranthus microspermus)
Description
Dinteranthus microspermus is a small stemless, usually solitary or few branched succulent. It has only pairs of boat-shaped leaves up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) long and broad and reddish-grey-green to grey-violet in color. The flowers are many-petaled, arranged solitary, yellow or whitish often tipped with reddish. The fruit is a capsule with 6 to 10 locules and broadly winged valves. Dinteranthus is a genus in the Aizoaceae family of plants. It occurs in the arid northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa and the southeastern parts of Namibia. The plants are mesembs, and resemble those genera within the Aizoaceae family to which they are most closely related; namely Lithops, Lapidaria and Schwantesia, although they require even less water and have a distinctive keel along the lower leaf surface.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Aizoaceae
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Genus: Dinteranthus
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