Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Psammotropha mucronata (Thunb.) Fenzl |
Synonyms | Pharnaceum mucronatum Thunb. |
Psammotropha androsacea Fenzl | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 30-2900m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, at base elongate, aristate-mucronate, crowded at nodes and at apex of branchlets, pedicels solitary on nodes with subsessile umbels |
Size | 5-50cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State , Swaziland , Northern Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MOLLUGINACEAE
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