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Titanopsis

Botanical name: Titanopsis

Titanopsis

Botanical name: Titanopsis

Description

Titanopsis is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae. They are small plants, with rosette up to 10 cm high. Leaves are truncate tip and rough warty little tubercles at the apex of the leaves. Yellow flowers appear in late fall. this genus includes about 10 species. The genus is Indigenous to the arid regions of South Africa and Namibia. The genus has a disjunct distribution, occurring in three separate areas of southern Africa.

Species of Titanopsis

Concrete leaf

Concrete leaf (*Titanopsis calcarea*) is a mat-forming succulent found in South Africa's Western Cape Province. Concrete leaf is valued as an ornamental plant for its growth in a rosette pattern. This species is also commonly called the jewel plant. Concrete leaf flowers smell like honey and only open in the evenings. It grows best in pots in well-drained, gritty mineral soil.

Care Guide for Titanopsis

Scientific Classification

Phylum

Vascular plants

Class

Dicotyledons

Order

Pinks, cacti, and allies

Family

Fig-marigold

Genus

Titanopsis

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Titanopsis

Botanical name: Titanopsis

Description

Species of Titanopsis

Concrete leaf

Care Guide for Titanopsis

Water

Fertilization

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Scientific Classification