Oophytum oviforme - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Artemesia alternate leaves with sickle-shaped leaflets

alternate leaves with sickle-shaped leaflets

but each rosette flowers once and then dies

It is used as part of the spice mixture paanch phoran or panch phoron (meaning a mixture of five spices) and by itself in a great many recipes in Bengali cookery and most recognizably in naan bread

commonly found growing amongst rocks

although the family does contain Antarctic Pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis)

Oophytum oviforme - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Artemesia alternate leaves with sickle-shaped leafletsThe genus Ooophytum is restricted to the quartz fields of the Knersvlakte in the north of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The plants grow in clusters of elongated, fused, papillate leaves. In late spring, white papery sheaths form, enclosing the new leaf pair. In this regard they resemble Conophytum. The plants are inactive during the summer and blossom during the winter. The need bright light, warmth, and adequate water during their active