Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Aptosimum viscosum Benth. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, shortly sharply acuminate or mucronate, subsessile, shortly glandular pubescent, viscid, flowers axillary, solitary, 15-20mm long, calyx glandular |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | spinose shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Namibia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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