Genus

Living Stones

Lithops

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Discover the fascinating world of Lithops, the succulent genus famous for its rock-like appearance.

A genus of extremely specialized succulents that mimic pebbles to survive in South African deserts.¹

References

Cole, D.T. (1988). Lithops: Locality Data. South Africa. Accessed: 2026-05-21. ↩

Child Taxa

SpeciesLithops leslieiLithops lesliei

Plants In This Group

Lithops lesliei

Lithops lesliei is a small Aizoaceae species whose patterned fused leaf pair gives it a stone like appearance. Its yearly cycle is read through formation of a new leaf pair, absorption of the old pair, flowering and dormancy.