Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Lachnaea densiflora Meisn. |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | branchlets glabrescent, leaves sharply linear, sessile, glabrous, floral heads solitary, terminal, spherical, many flowered, dense, calyx shortly hirsute, lobes ovate, acute |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible 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 | THYMELAEACEAE
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