Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Genus species | Cycladenia humilis Benth. |
Synonyms | Cycladenia tomentosa A.Gray |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves opposite, 3-6cm, broadly ovate, coriaceous, petiolate, flowers in open cyme, villous, corolla infundibuliform, 11-13mm long, petals broadly ovate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APOCYNACEAE
humilis jonesii (Eastw.) S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood, Great Basin Naturalist 35(4): 333 (1976)
humilis venusta (Eastw.) Woodson ex Munz, Man. S. Calif. Bot. [Munz] 379 (1935)
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