Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Peliostomum viscosum E.Mey. ex Benth. |
Synonyms | Aptosimum viscosum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) E.Phillips |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-800m |
Description | leaves alternate, oval or obovate, obtuse, subsessile, subcarnose, viscid-strigose, flowers axillary, subsessile, solitary, 15-20mm long, calyx viscid |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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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