''Jordaaniella dubia'' is a coastal

succulent plant In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

of the family

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. It is indigenous to the Cape Provinces of

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, and is easy to propagate, making an attractive ground cover for coastal gardens. ''Jordaaniella dubia'' is smaller than its relative, the (now extinct in the wild) ''

Jordaaniella anemoniflora ''Jordaaniella anemoniflora'', the anemone vygie, is a plant species in the family Aizoaceae. It is indigenous to a tiny area of the Cape Flats suburbs within the city of Cape Town, South Africa, but is now extinct in the wild. This is a small, ...

'', with large, bright yellow flowers. Its natural habitat is the coastal

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of the

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, but it grows well as a garden plant in sandy or coastal gardens almost anywhere.

References

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