Lithops herrei herrei - Living Stones - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Baby Lettuce Crassula ovata

Crassula ovata

The early Cape settlers used the fruits to treat diarrhoea

Above the peristome is a lid (the operculum)

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However it is very adaptable to wet or dry sites but is not tolerant to high pH soils

Lithops herrei herrei - Living Stones - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Baby Lettuce Crassula ovataLithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words lithos, meaning "stone," ops, meaning "face," referring to the stone like appearance of the plants. They avoid being eaten by blending in with surrounding rocks and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. The formation of the name from the Greek " ops" means that even