E. lehmannii
| Encephalartos lehmannii is a low-growing palm-like cycad that is commonly known as the Karoo cycad. It is endemic to South Africa. This cycad has been described as the hardiest, most drought resistant of the South African species. In the past, many specimens of this cycad were removed from the wild for cultivation. The species name lehmannii commemorates Prof J.G.C. Lehmann, a German botanist who studied the cycads and published a book on them in 1834. This low-growing, small to medium cycad with an erect trunk up to 2 m tall and 400 mm across, forms clumps of up to 10 stems, with suckers produced from the base. Old leaf bases form ring patterns on the stem, the | ||
Karoo Cycad
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| full sun | blue | very low watering | fast growth | frost-hardy | common |