page_title: Conophytum burgeri
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Conophytum burgeri / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Conophytum burgerii in cultivation
context_page_description: Conophytum burgeri is a small, endangered, South African species of succulent plant, of the genus Conophytum.
context_section_description: An onion-shaped, single-bodied, succulent plant, it is possibly the most unusual of all the species of the genus Conophytum. It has a tiny fissure at the top of its body. Its epidermis is smooth, shiny and translucent, and its colour is light green to purple. It is slow-growing and sometimes subdivides through a gradual process over several years, to form two or even three heads. It varies in size and can reach the size of a small onion.
  Unlike most other Conophytums, it grows in a region of spring and early summer rainfall. However its habitat is extremely arid, and the plant may rely mainly on the copious winter fogs and dew that condenses on the rocks where it grows. When dormant, its outer covering dries into a thin, white, persistent leaf-sheath.
  It produces a purple flower, in early autumn (April–May in South Africa), with the aroma of honey. The flowers open briefly in the late afternoon, has over 5 sepals and a long stigma (over 10mm).
caption: A dense bed of individual Conophytum burgeri plants, propagated from seed.
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