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Cephalophyllum sp.

We received this plant as “Cephalophyllum sp.”, but I suspect that it is Cephalophyllum tricolorum, one of the many yellow-flowered species in the genus. The plants in Cephalophyllum are from the western part of South Africa and neighboring southern Namibia, in the winter-rainfall zone. Most of them flower in winter, as this one is doing. They belong to the Ice Plant Family, Aizoaceae.

-Brian

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