Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Plocama reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) M.Backlund & Thulin |
Synonyms | Gaillonia reboudiana Coss. & Durieu |
Choulettia reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) Pomel | |
Galium reboudianum (Coss. & Durieu) Batt. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | leaves linear, opposite, the upper verticillate, stipules long ciliate, producing involucre around flowers, inflorescence cymose, calyx bilobate, corolla long tubular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco , Western Sahara ) West Tropical Africa (Mauritania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
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