| Conophytum minimum | |
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| Witteberg variety | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Conophytum |
| Species: | C. minimum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conophytum minimum | |
Conophytum minimum is a small South African species of succulent plant of the genus Conophytum.
Small, highly patterned, mat-forming succulent, with a flattened (truncated) or slightly convex, rounded body-shape.
It is covered with distinctive lines, and the wittebergense variety has especially strong markings.
It is closely related to its neighbouring species Conophytum joubertii , Conophytum ficiforme , Conophytum piluliforme , and to the widespread Conophytum truncatum . [2]
This species is indigenous to the far south-western corner of the Great Karoo region, in the Western Cape of South Africa, in the Ceres Karoo and around Laingsburg. [3]
They grow primarily in the winter, when rainfall swells them. After flowering, they go into dormancy through the summer, when they are covered in a dry papery sheath. They inhabit extremely well-drained soil, in spots protected by rocks or bushes. They split and crack if they receive too much water. [4]
The wildlife of South Africa consists of the flora and fauna of this country in southern Africa. The country has a range of different habitat types and an ecologically rich and diverse wildlife, vascular plants being particularly abundant, many of them endemic to the country. There are few forested areas, much savanna grassland, semi-arid Karoo vegetation and the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region. Famed for its national parks and big game, 297 species of mammal have been recorded in South Africa, as well as 849 species of bird and over 20,000 species of vascular plants.
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