Coppery Mesemb - Malephora crocea Seeds - Indigenous South African Succulents For Sale in SA

Common Name: Coppery Mesemb

Malephora crocea commonly known as Coppery Mesemb is a native of Africa and it is grown in many other places as an ornamental plant and a groundcover. This is a perennial mesemb with a creeping corky to woody stem which roots where nodes come in contact with the soil. The succulent leaves are triangular in cross-section, a few centimeters long, pale green to reddish in color, and somewhat waxy in texture. The flowers are borne on short stalks. It has many narrow petals in shades of red, orange, and yellow, sometimes with purplish undersides.