Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Agathosma spinosa Sond. |
Synonyms | Hartogia spinosa (Sond.) Kuntze |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves 4-rowed, patent, cordate-ovate, spinose-mucronate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glandular, scabrous, flowers in umbel, calyx lobes mucronate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUTACEAE
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