Hex River Cliff Mesemb
Roosia lucilleae
Full Sun
Moderate care
Tender
H4-H2
RHS hardiness
-10°C
Minimum temperature
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
Hex River Cliff Mesemb Overview
One of two species belonging to the genus Roosia, endemic to sheer, quarzitic, sandstone cliff-faces in the heart of the winter-rainfall region of South Africa. It is small, branched, shrubby, leaf succulent recognized at once by its large, pink flowers with spreading, narrow petals and a fruiting capsules without cell lids, and seed that is dispersed by wind. The floral petals remain for some time, resembling a mop-head.