Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Pharnaceum trigonum Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Synonyms | Mollugo trigona (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-2000m |
Description | stems short, appresed leafy, leaves fasciculate, acicular, triangular, sharply mucronate, persistent, pedicels scapose, flowers 3-5 in cyme, sepals oblong |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | + |
Type | carpet |
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 , Lesotho , Free State) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MOLLUGINACEAE
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