Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Pharnaceum microphyllum L.f. |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | stems virgate, leafy, leaves crowded, ovate-cylindrical, obtuse, stipules lanate and sericeous, flowers numerous in cyme, sepals with white margins |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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 | MOLLUGINACEAE
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