Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Macrostylis villosa (Thunb.) Sond. |
Synonyms | Diosma villosa Thunb. |
Diosma barbata P.J.Bergius | |
Macrostylis barbata (P.J.Bergius) St.-Hill. ex Steud. | |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 30-300m |
Description | branchlets short, pubescent, leaves lanceolate, acute, adaxially flat, glabrous, abaxially carinate, pubescent, flowers in capitate umbel, calyx glabrous, petals 5mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
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
villosa minor I.Williams, J. S. African Bot. 47(3): 384 (1981)
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