Lithops julii

Lithops julii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Lithops
Species:	L. julii
Binomial name
Lithops julii (Dinter & Schwantes) N.E.Br.

Lithops julii is a species of succulent plant of the genus Lithops under the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Southern Africa,¹ and was first collected by Kurt Dinter, a German botanist, and named after his friend, Julius Derenberg.²

Lithops julii is almost stemless, with a pair of leaves out of the center of which flowers and new leaves grow. Leaves are usually a pale grey, with a grid of linear depressions. The colors of the depression vary from plant to plant, but can be tinges of red, brown, green, blue, pink, or beige. Flowers sprout from between the two leaves and are white.