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Delosperma ashtonii; photograph (c) James Deacon, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) CC BY-SA(c) James Deacon, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · observed growing wild · 2022-11-19

Delosperma ashtonii L.Bolus

Flatleaf Sheepfig

Aizoaceae · Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal +1 · listed by its genus as a cactus or succulent

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Summary

Delosperma ashtonii, commonly known as the flatleaf sheepfig, is a perennial succulent belonging to the Aizoaceae family. The species is native to KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, and the Free State.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Delosperma ashtonii", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Delosperma

Delosperma is a genus of around 170 species of succulent plants, formerly included in Mesembryanthemum in the family Aizoaceae. It was defined by English botanist N. E. Brown in 1925. The genus is common in southern and eastern Africa, with a few species in Madagascar, Reunion island, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. More on Wikipedia ›

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Delosperma", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent, listed under the genus Delosperma in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “succulent subshrub”.

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How this section is made

Each card states this species' habitat figures with their sources, and what two fixed rules read from them; nothing here says what the plant does, wants or tolerates. The rules · the terms.

Group. Listed under the genus Delosperma in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “succulent subshrub”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record placed to within 10 km; three are needed for an envelope. 4 of the 5 in-range records are placed to worse than 10 km, or to no stated accuracy and fewer than three decimals or by something other than a person's observation, and cannot place a climate cell, though they count for the map and its marker.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP; the marker is where the records are densest and decides nothing.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativeLesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Map marker-28.313, 29.19 · in the densest population, 5 records (100% of those in range)
Kew's description“succulent subshrub” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 5 georeferenced records inside the native range; the map shows only the 3 openly licensed ones, which alone would put the marker 27 km away. 13 records outside the WCVP native range not used. Under a dozen records behind the map. No climate across the range is derived for this species. 4 in-range records are placed to worse than 10 km, or with no stated accuracy (admitted only as a person's observation to three decimals), and stay on the map but off the climate.
How this section is made
The map marker: the openly licensed record nearest the middle of the densest 1° population of the 5 in-range records; it decides nothing. Records outside the native range, living specimens and records marked introduced are not used; which records count.

Photographs

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Photographs: (c) Brian du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) (2); (c) Antoinette Eyssell Knox, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) (4).

Other Delosperma 44 in the reference

Delosperma aberdeenense Delosperma aberdeenense Aberdeen Sheepfig Photo: CC BY-SA, Michael WolfDelosperma affine Delosperma affine Aizoaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Andrew Hankey Delosperma alpinum Aizoaceae Delosperma basuticum Delosperma basuticum Lesotho Intelezi Fig Photo: CC BY-SA, Tony Rebelo Delosperma bosserianum Aizoaceae Delosperma brunnthaleri Delosperma brunnthaleri Aizoaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Emőke DénesDelosperma caespitosum Delosperma caespitosum Tuft Sheepfig Photo: CC0, author not statedDelosperma congestum Delosperma congestum Aizoaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Nicola van BerkelDelosperma cooperi Delosperma cooperi Hardy iceplant Photo: CC BY, Julien Lepage Delosperma davyi Aizoaceae Delosperma dyeri Delosperma dyeri Tarkastad Sheepfig Photo: CC BY-SA, Brian du PreezDelosperma echinatum Delosperma echinatum Doringblaarvygie Photo: CC BY, Justin Ponder all 45 ›

Names & registers

GBIFPOWOIPNIWFOWikidataWikipediaiNaturalist

The record

Family
Aizoaceae
Described by
L.Bolus
Native to
Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State
Wild records
5 in range · 3 open

Every figure here is derived from public data by a stated rule and names its source; nothing about this species is written for its page by a person or by AI, apart from the marked, credited quotations. How →

Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
GBIF species record gbif.species answeredasked 2026-10-22
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms answeredasked 2026-10-22
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular answeredasked 2026-10-22names fetched 2026-10-22
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences answeredas of 2026-10-21GBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.hbdw64, of 2026-10-21; 6 records within 1 km of a botanic garden, herbarium or zoo left out (6 at a botanic garden or arboretum; Wikidata's list)
Habitat climate climate nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record placed to within 10 km; three are needed for an envelope
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild answeredasked 2026-10-22from iNaturalist's open data of 2026-09-27: research-grade observations with an open-licence photograph, the 24 whose photographs iNaturalist received last (the open data holds no votes); filled 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

Every source is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, refused, failed, not been asked, or answered twice where one answer is taken (“not taken: two items answered”), and, for a source asked when this page was built, when: the figures are as the source held them that day; a source read from a file (Kew's World Checklist, a GBIF download) says "as of" the file's day instead; a row carried from an earlier build of the page names that build instead. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 2 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.

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