Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Cactus or Succulent
Grass
Origin
Southern Africa, South Africa
Europe
Types
Lithops karasmontana
Lithops pseudotruncatella
Lithops fulviceps
Avena sativa
Number of Varieties
3-
0
40000
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Habitat
Barren waste areas, Desert, Dry areas
Farms
USDA Hardiness Zone
12-15-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-10
10 - 1
Sunset Zone
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
250.00 cm60.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
2.50 cm10.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Yellow, Pink, Lavender
Green, Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Blue Green
Light Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Blue Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Blue Green
Light Green, Yellow green, Gold
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Blue Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
-
Linear
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Slow
Fast
Type of Soil
Sand
Loam
The pH of Soil
Neutral
Neutral
Soil Drainage
-
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
root cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Does not require lot of watering, Drought Tolerant, Needs very little water
Requires a lot of watering, Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Neutral
Soil Type
-
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
Well drained
Sun Exposure
-
Full Sun
Pruning
Do not prune during shooting season
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
can go long without fertilizers, Does not require fertilizer once established
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought, Dry Conditions, Dry soil, Rocky Soil, Sun
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
-
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Decorating walls, Ornamental use
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Menstrual Disorders, osteoporosis, Urinary tract problems
Part of Plant Used
-
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant
Culinary use, Used for pasture
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Alpine, Container, Houseplant, Rock Garden, Wall
Edible
Botanical Name
Conophytum
AVENA sativa
Common Name
knopies
cone plants
Oat
In Hindi
Living Stone
जई
In German
lebendigen Stein
Haferpflanze
In French
Living Stone
Plantes d'avoine
In Spanish
Piedra viva
planta de avena
In Greek
Living Stone
φυτό βρώμη
In Portuguese
pedra viva
aveia planta
In Polish
pedra viva
Owies roślin
In Latin
vivus lapis,
Oat plant
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Poales
Family
Aizoaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Lithops
Avena
Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Ruschiae
Aveneae
Subfamily
Ruschioideae
Pooideae
Number of Species
120-
1
27800
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