Description
Aptenia cordifolia is a hardy, evergreen groundcover that is fast-growing,it has a spreading growth habit and roots as it creeps along.
It has light-green, succulent leaves and deep rose-pink flowers from September to July.The flowers attract bees to the garden.
It has many medicinal uses.This is a useful plant for stabilizing banks or as living mulch in the garden as it spreads rapidly.
It grows well in either sun or semi-shade.
Size: 5 to 10cm
Wildlife
good nectar plant: The flowers attract bees to the garden
Uses
Medicinal: It has many medicinal uses
Distribution
KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape
Habitat:coastal dunes, Low thicket, Rocky Outcrops