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''Pleiospilos bolusii'' (mimicry plant) is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa, where it grows at an altitude of . The species epithet ''bolusii'' honors Harry Bolus, a 19th-century South African botanist. It is a small, stemless succulent perennial growing to tall by wide, with two or four opposite grey-green leaves, quite thick, fused at the base, almost triangular, with entire margins. The leaves are longer and more angular than those of the closely related ''P. nelii'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.succulents.us/pleiospbol.html )〕 but in both cases the shape and texture of the leaves resemble a pile of split pebbles, possibly to deter predators. The yellow, many-petaled, daisy-like flowers emerge from the center of the leaves, and are in diameter - large in relation to the overall size of the plant. The flowers are often coconut-scented. The flowering period extends from August to September. The plant is one of several species cultivated for their rocklike appearance, which are sometimes collectively called mesembs. With a minimum temperature of , in temperate regions it is grown under glass. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3850 )〕 File:Pleiospilos bolusii and Lithops Hookerii.jpg|''Pleiospilos bolusii'' and ''Lithops hookerii'' ==References== * (The plant list ) * (African Plant Database ) * (Tropicos ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pleiospilos bolusii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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