Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago galpinii Schltr. |
Synonyms | Selago cooperi Rolfe |
Selago sandersonii Rolfe | |
Selago schlechteri Rolfe | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2600m |
Description | branches pubescent, leaves crowded, linear, green-grey in youth, then green and glabrous, flowers small, in compact terminal panicle, corolla tubular, pentamerous |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | dark lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State , Northern Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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