Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus saundersii Hook. |
Synonyms | Streptocarpus tubiflos C.B.Clarke |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-900m |
Description | leaf 1, sessile, flatly on surface, broadly elliptic, shortly hirsute, crenate, scapes 1-5, cymes repeatedly ramose, often with 40-80 flowers, corolla with purple blot |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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