This perennial succulent has short stems and forms a clump with age. The thick fleshy body-like leaves are grey-green and appear in pairs and the yellow daisy-like flowers appear during late summer. It is an excellent specimen for a desert garden.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10 

Conophytum bilobum is naturally found in the Northern and Western Cape in South Africa growing in very well drained moderately fertile sandy to gritty soils. It prefers a open sunny position and is drought tolerant but frost tender.

Cone Plant is a dwarf perennial succulent is growing for its drought tolerance and is used in arid gardens or rockeries as a specimen or as a ground cover. It establishes from division in 3 to 5 years but may take some time to develop stems. It is also grown in containers and grown under glass with bright light. ID 1453

Conophytum (kon-o-FIT-um) bilobum (bi-LÕ-bum)

Aizoaceae (ay-zoh-AY-see-ee)