Lithops gracilidelineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Lithops
Species:
L. gracilidelineata
Binomial name
Lithops gracilidelineata
Synonyms[1]

Lithops gracilidelineata subsp. brandbergensis (de Boer) D.T.Cole
Lithops streyi Schwantes

Lithops gracilidelineata is a species of the genus Lithops under the family Aizoaceae. The succulent plant lives in the southern region of Africa,[2] and receives its name from the Latin words gracili (meaning slim) and linea (meaning line), combining to form the translation of "fine lined".

Description

Lithops gracilidelineata has leaves growing in pairs of two, maybe sometimes forming clumps.[3] The leaves are light colored and have a small, fine-lined pattern on top of them usually in brown, and of a random pattern.[4] Flowers are yellow and 20–45 mm in diameter.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Lithops gracilidelineata Dinter". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lithops gracilidelineata". www.floweringstones.co.za. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  3. ↑ "Lithops gracilidelineata var. waldroniae". www.llifle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  4. ↑ "Lithops gracilidelineata". www.floweringstones.co.za. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Lithops gracilidelineata var. waldroniae". www.llifle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.


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