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| latin_name = ''Fenestraria rhopalophylla''
|familia=Aizoaceae
| common_names = babies toes, window plant
|genus=Fenestraria
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=rhopalophylla
| high = ?cm (2 in)
|common_name=babies toes, window plant
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|habit=cacti-succulent
| origin = S Africa
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht box=4
| lifespan = perennial
|Min ht metric=in
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht box=6
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max ht metric=in
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| hardiness = ?°C (32°F)
|Min wd box=6
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Min wd metric=in
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|Max wd box=10
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|Max wd metric=in
| color = IndianRed
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| image = Fenestraria_rhopalophylla.jpg
|origin=S Africa
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|lifespan=perennial
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
|exposure=part-sun
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| classis = <!--- Class -->
|water=dry
| ordo = <!--- Order -->
|features=flowers
| familia = <!--- Family -->
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter
| genus = Fenestraria
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| species = rhopalophylla
|flowers=orange, yellow
| subspecies =
|Min Temp Num=32
| cultivar =
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|max_zone=11
|image=Fenestraria_rhopalophylla.jpg
|image_width=240
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Fenestraria rhopalophylla is an unusual plant from the deserts of South Africa. Each leaf has a translucent window at the tip, where sunlight is filtered to enable photosynthesis throughout the leaf. Grows to 2 inches tall.
Fenestraria rhopalophylla is an unusual plant from the deserts of South Africa. Each leaf has a translucent window at the tip, where sunlight is filtered to enable photosynthesis throughout the leaf. Grows to 2 inches tall.
'''''Fenestraria''''' is a [[monotypic]] genus of succulent plants in the family [[Aizoaceae]]. The species is also called '''babies toes''' or '''window plant'''.
On each leaf there is transparent window-like area at the top, it is for these window-like structures that the genus is named (Latin: ''[[Window#Etymology|fenestra]]''). In the wild, the plant grows mostly buried by sand. The transparent tips are often above the sand and allow light into the leaves for [[photosynthesis]]. ''F. rhopalophylla'' is native to [[Namibia]] and [[Namaqualand]] in southern Africa. The plants are generally found growing in sandy or calciferous soils under low < 100 mm rainfall.
''F. rhopalophylla'' appears very similar to ''[[Frithia]] pulchra'', though the leaves are a slightly different shape and
''F. rhopalophylla'' has yellow flowers, compared to the pink flowers of ''F. pulchra''.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Species==
==Varieties==
Subspecies:
* ''F. rhopalophylla'' subsp. ''rhopalophylla''
* ''F. rhopalophylla'' subsp. ''aurantiaca'' (=*''F. aurantiaca'')
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Fenestraria rhopaliphylla rhopalophylla.jpg| Large stand of ''F. rhopalophylla'' subsp. ''rhopalophylla'' seedlings
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Fenestraria rhopalophylla.jpg| ''F. rhopalophylla'' in flower
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:Fenestraria_rhopalophylla.JPG| photo 3
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</gallery>
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