Brief description of the plant and challenges of cultivation, with an old botanical plate illustrating the plant's morphology.

Description and Information provided by the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conservatory

Description, images, and tour route.

Description of this dioecious perennial plant of southwest Africa, often described as "unlike any known plant on earth."

A picture profile of the Northern Namib, its flora and fauna including Welwitschia mirablilis and lichens.