Stomatium

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Stomatium is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa.

Stomatium - Wikipedia

Family: Aizoaceae
Habitat: South Africa, where they grow among the rocks in arid and sandy areas.
Cultivation: Not so difficult. Well-draining substrate, exposure to sunlight full in Winter and partial in Summer.
Curiosity: The name Stomatium comes from “Stoma”, in Greek “mouth”. That’s because of their stumpy leaves, organized in opposite pairs and arranged as if to form a slightly open mouth.

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Stomatium is a genus of succulent plants, consisting of about 40 species, belonging to the Aizoaceae family.

Stomatium, like many succulents, are native to South Africa, where they grow among the rocks in arid and sandy areas.

Stomatium are small succulent plants that expand laterally, forming as mats, with usually grayish-green foliage, but in some cases also purplish, especially when exposed to intense solar radiation. The leaves are fleshy, shaped like upside down cones, but with lumpy apexes due to tiny bumps. Always in the apical part of the margins, these bumps are replaced by small, pointed, whitish teeth.These stumpy leaves are organized in opposite pairs, arranged as if to form a slightly open mouth. This is the reason for the name, Stomatium, which derives from “Stoma”, in Greek “mouth”.

During the blooming period, these plants show off beautiful yellow flowers, which grow on the apex of the fleshy stems and are enclosed by a calix of 5 fleshy sepals (“sepals” are leaves modified to form the calix, which is the structure that serves to support the colored part of the flower, called “corolla”).

Stomatium - Giromagi Cactus and Succulents