1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Perennial
1.2 Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Cactus or Succulent
1.3 Origin
Northwestern United States, California, Canada
Southern Africa
1.4 Types
Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock
Lithops karasmontana
Lithops pseudotruncatella
Lithops fulviceps
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.7 Habitat
Cultivated Beds
Barren waste areas, Desert, Dry areas
1.8 USDA Hardiness Zone
2.2 AHS Heat Zone
2.3 Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
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2.4 Habit
Upright/Erect
Rosette/Stemless
3 Information
3.1 Plant Size
3.1.1 Minimum Height
3.1.3 Minimum Width
6.2 Plant Color
6.2.1 Flower Color
Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet
Not Available
6.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
6.2.4 Fruit Color
Not Available
Non Fruiting Plant
6.3.2 Leaf Color in Spring
6.3.3 Leaf Color in Summer
6.3.4 Leaf Color in Fall
6.3.6 Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Not Available
6.4 Shape
6.4.1 Leaf Shape
Oblanceolate , Ovate
Succulent
6.6 Thorns
7 Season
7.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer
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7.2 Growing Conditions
7.2.1 Sunlight
7.2.2 Growth Rate
7.2.4 Type of Soil
7.2.5 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
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7.3.1 Soil Drainage
Well drained
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7.3.2 Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
Not Available
7.4.1 Repeat Bloomer
7.6 Tolerances
8 Care
8.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
8.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
root cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting
8.4 Plant Maintenance
8.6 Watering Plants
8.6.1 Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Does not require lot of watering, Drought Tolerant, Needs very little water
8.6.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
8.7.1 In Spring
8.7.2 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
8.10 Soil
8.10.1 Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Not Available
9.1.2 Soil Type
9.1.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Not Applicable
Not Available
9.2 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Not Available
9.3 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Do not prune during shooting season
9.4 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
can go long without fertilizers, Does not require fertilizer once established
9.5 Pests and Diseases
Not Available
Not Available
9.7 Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought, Dry Conditions, Dry soil, Rocky Soil, Sun
10 Facts
10.1 Flowers
10.1.2 Flower Petal Number
10.3 Fruits
10.3.1 Showy Fruit
10.4.1 Edible Fruit
11.2 Fragrance
11.2.1 Fragrant Flower
11.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.3.6 Fragrant Leaf
11.3.9 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.4 Showy Foliage
12.3 Showy Bark
12.5 Foliage Texture
12.7 Foliage Sheen
12.9 Evergreen
12.12 Invasive
12.15 Self-Sowing
12.17 Attracts
Butterflies
Not Available
12.18 Allergy
Not Available
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13 Benefits
13.1 Uses
13.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Available
Decorating walls, Ornamental use
13.1.2 Beauty Benefits
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13.1.3 Edible Uses
13.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
13.2 Plant Benefits
13.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic
Not Available
13.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod
Not Available
13.2.3 Other Uses
Used as a dye
Used as Ornamental plant
13.3 Used As Indoor Plant
13.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
13.5 Garden Design
Not Available
Alpine, Container, Houseplant, Rock Garden, Wall
14 Scientific Name
14.1 Botanical Name
14.2 Common Name
Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower
pebble plants
living stones
14.2.1 In Hindi
14.2.2 In German
Garten-Levkoje
lebendigen Stein
14.2.3 In French
14.2.4 In Spanish
14.2.5 In Greek
14.2.6 In Portuguese
Matthiola incana
pedra viva
14.2.7 In Polish
14.2.8 In Latin
Matthiola incana
vivus lapis,
15 Classification
15.1 Kingdom
15.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
15.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
15.4 Order
Capparales
Caryophyllales
15.5 Family
15.6 Genus
15.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
15.8 Tribe
15.9 Subfamily
Polemonioideae
Ruschioideae
15.10 Number of Species