Delosperma napiforme

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|image = Delosperma napiforme ex. Juliano Ruivo white flower.jpg

|genus = Delosperma

|species = napiforme

|authority = (N.E.Br.) Schwantes {{Catalogue of Life | id= 6CHHG|option=taxon |title=Delosperma napiforme (N. E. Br.) Schwantes |access-date=9 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:361531-1 |title=Delosperma napiforme (N.E.Br.) Schwantes|author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=March 9, 2022}}

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Delosperma napiforme (also known as Mestoklema macrorrhizum) is a dwarf perennial plant, native to the French island of Réunion, but also now found in Madagascar. It has white flowers

Cultivation and uses

It can be cultivated in a wide range of areas with a Mediterranean climate such as California. It can withstand wet summers and cold moist winters which makes it unusual in climatic requirements for this genus.{{cite journal|title=Delosperma napiforme (N. E. Br.) Schwant.|journal=Cactus and Succulent Journal|date=March 2005|volume=77|series=International Succulent Introductions|issue=2}}

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Category:Flora of Réunion

Category:Entheogens

Category:Taxa named by N. E. Brown