Aizoaceae
Delosperma

Delosperma abyssinicum (Regel) Schwantes

First published in Gartenflora 77: 69 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Ethiopia. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Aïzoaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1961

Morphology General Habit
A dwarf prostrate succulent herb.
Morphology Branches
Branches subwoody-succulent, weak, green and leafy in younger parts, brown and leafless in the older, 20–40 cm. long or more.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves subcylindrical, sausage-shaped, sessile, connate at the base, fleshy, like the calyces and young stems crystalline-papillose, 10–23 mm. long, 2–4 mm. diameter.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers terminal, solitary, purple, magenta or pink.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 8–9 mm. long, 4–5 mm. in diameter across the top of the tube; lobes fleshy, horned, unequal, one very small, two larger, and the largest about twice the length of the intermediate pair, and resembling the leaves.
Figures
Fig. 10/4–6, p. 31.
Habitat
Rock ridges and crannies; 2000–2100 m.
Distribution
K1
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0