Namibia

Dwarf perennials forming dense, compact clumps up to 100 mm high, 200 mm in diameter. Leaves opposite, 4 -6 per branch, connate at base, semi-ovoid to trigonous, velvety, greyish from flaky wax cover; epidermis xeromorphic, papillae longer than their basal diameter, uniform over entire surface. Flowers solitary, terminal, sessile or shortly pedicellate, up to 30 mm in diameter; often not perfectly round but somewhat 4-sided in appearance; opening in morning and closing in evening ( N. cinerea opens in morning and remains open thereafter). Sepals 5, unequal, finely papillate. Petals 1-seriate, pink, rarely white. Stamens collected in a cone, with bearded filaments; staminodes 0. Nectary a crenulate ring. Ovary concave on top with a central cone; placentas parietal; stigmas (9 -)12( -28), subulate. Fruit a (9 -)12( -28)-locular capsule, close to Delosperma type; convex; expanding keels parallel along base and diverging and lacerate towards tips, with oblong valve wings; covering membranes reduced to limb or 0; closing devices 0. F lowering mid-winter to late spring. D istinguishing characters: dense, compact perennials; leaves thick, basally fused, velvety, waxy; flowers solitary, pink or white, square-looking; opening in the morning or perpetually open.