Lithops werneri

Several recent visitors over a period of years to the only known habitat of Lithops werneri report that no plants could be found and it may possibly be extinct.

Lithops werneri is a species of plant in the Aizoaceae family. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Several recent visitors over a period of years to the only known habitat of Lithops werneri report that no plants could be found and it may possibly be extinct. Source - * Loots, S. 2004. Lithops werneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

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Lithops werneri was found in 1 tiny population in Namibia. My understanding is that this grit pan in which they grew was washed away in a flash flood. So perhaps the destruction/extinction of this population is part of the natural order of things. More