Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma uncinatum (Desr.) Kornhall |
Synonyms | Manulea uncinata Desr. |
Chaenostoma linifolium (Thunb.) Benth. | |
Manulea linifolia Thunb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 150-600m |
Description | white hispid, leaves scattered, linear, acute, at base tapered, sessile, subentire, to 3cm, raceme terminal, leafy, in fruit elongate, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale blue, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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