Lithops comptonii is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to South Africa.
Lithops comptonii is naturally found in the far southwest of South Africa, in an arid inland region of the Western Cape Province. The furthest southwest of any Lithops species, this range includes the Karoo areas north east of the town of Ceres. This dry area is subject to a winter-rainfall climate.[1][2]
It is sometimes used as a houseplant or for landscaping. Like all Lithops, it requires extremely well-drained soil. Like all Lithops it also grows in annual cycles, as the leaf-pairs flower, and then each produces a new leaf-pair that replaces the old one (which shrivels away). The principal rule of watering is that Lithops should be kept dry from when they finish flowering, up until the old leaf-pairs are fully replaced.
Of the Lithops species, L. comptonii is one of the few which is adapted to a predominantly winter-rainfall climate (together with Lithops viridis, Lithops divergens, Lithops meyeri and Lithops helmutii). This means that its flowering and leaf-replacement process happens over the summer.
Lithops comptonii is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to South Africa.
Lithops comptonii è una pianta della famiglia delle Aizoaceae, endemica del Sudafrica.
Lithops comptonii cresce nell'estremo sud-ovest del Sudafrica, nell'arido entroterra della provincia del Capo Occidentale: è la specie di Lithops che si spinge più a sudovest di tutte[1][2]. Poiché in quella regione la stagione delle piogge è quella invernale, la fioritura con conseguente rimpiazzo delle foglie avviene in estate.
Lithops comptonii[2] är en isörtsväxtart som beskrevs av Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus. Lithops comptonii ingår i släktet Lithops och familjen isörtsväxter.[3][4]
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Lithops comptonii är en isörtsväxtart som beskrevs av Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus. Lithops comptonii ingår i släktet Lithops och familjen isörtsväxter.