Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Agathisanthemum chlorophyllum (Hochst.) Bremek. |
Synonyms | Hedyotis chlorophylla Hochst. |
Oldenlandia chlorophylla (Hochst.) Kuntze | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 90-900m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved, yellowish green, subscabrous, sessile, flowers crowded in terminal compact corymb, to 5cm wide, calyx lobes subulate |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
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