Fig Marigold

Lampranthus spectabilis

  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Fig Marigold
  • Flower name
    Fig Marigold
  • Scientific name
    Lampranthus spectabilis
  • Alias松葉菊, Lampranthus spectabilis, ラプランサス, Lampranthas, サボテン草, サボテンギク, 仙人掌菊, Fig Marigold
  • Place of originSouth Africa
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June
  • Language of flowersLaid back feel.

What is Fig Marigold

Fig Marigold , scientific name:Lampranthus spectabilis , is native to South Africa and a half-hardy evergreen perennial of the department Aizoaceae , of the genus Lampranthus. Plant stems crawling on the ground, root the good branches. Hanasbelichyu fellow, flower petals out of velvet-like, slender with chrysanthemum and similar leaf looks like pine needles on fleshy. Rich in anthocyanins, the pink there is small, red, white, purple, yellow, and orange. Fig marigold flowers much smaller if you like hanazlksa (flower vine). Portulaca flowers is similar Peony petals and the flowers are similar to Department of Portulaca grandiflora (MOSS, Portulaca grandiflora) atmosphere across the grass.

Common name : Fig Marigold , scientific name:Lampranthus spectabilis, also known as: matsubagiku , rhapranthes , Cactus plant, sabotengik, Fig Marigold, origin: South Africa, life type: Half Hardy Evergreen perennials, stem: wood and horizontal at the roots crawl well branched, height: 10-30 cm, phyllotaxis: vs., leaf: rod-shaped, leaf margin: entire, asymmetric flower, bisexual flowers, single terminal inflorescences, Flowering: April-June, flower color: peach / orange / yellow, white, and blue-violet, flower diameter: 4-6 cm, calyx: 5, fruit, fruit capsules, use: ground cover


  • Order
    Caryophyllales
  • Family
    Aizoaceae
  • Genus
    Lampranthus
  • Species
    L. spectabilis
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Lip shaped
  • Leaf type
    Linear
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeHalf hardy evergreen perennials
  • Flower colorsPink Yellow White
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height10.0 ~ 30.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower4.0 ~ 6.0 cm

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