Delosperma steytlerae L. Bolus
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Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Darrel Plowes
Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ascending the Hill Complex by the Ancient Path, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ascending the Hill Complex by the Ancient Path, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ascending the Hill Complex by the Ancient Path, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ascending the Hill Complex by the Ancient Path, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ascending the Hill Complex by the Ancient Path, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ascending the Hill Complex by the Ancient Path, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
Photo: Mark Hyde
Ancient Path to Great Zimbabwe Hill Complex
Photo: Mark Hyde
By Modern Path, near summit of Hill Complex, Great Zimbabwe
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Succulent herb up to c. 15 cm high, with trailing stems. Leaves opposite, sessile, 2-4.5 cm long, succulent, subcylindric, grooved along the upper surface, grey-green, finely papillose. Flowers in several-flowered, forked inflorescences, 18-25 mm in diameter, white, faintly scented. |
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Restricted to granite outcrops from Nyanga to Limpopo Escarpment. |
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Literature:
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Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 166. under Mesembryanthemaceae
Gonçalves, M.L. (1978). Mesembryanthemaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 551 - 553. under Mesembryanthemaceae
Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 144. under Mesembryanthemaceae
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 62. under Mesembryanthemaceae
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 87.
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Delosperma steytlerae. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123080, retrieved 13 March 2025
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