Malotigena is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family Aizoaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Malotigena frantiskae-niederlovae, native to Lesotho.[2] Growing up to 50 cm (20 in) broad and only 3 cm (1.2 in) high, it is a mat-forming evergreen succulent with brilliant yellow daisy-like flowers in summer. The foliage turns red in autumn.[3]

Malotigena
Here given as Delosperma congestum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Tribe:	Ruschieae
Genus:	Malotigena Niederle[1]
Species:	M. frantiskae-niederlovae
Binomial name
Malotigena frantiskae-niederlovae Niederle[1]

Its cultivar 'Gold Nugget' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] Although hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F), it requires a sheltered spot in full sun, in acid or neutral pH soil, to thrive.

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