Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Anthospermum dregei ssp. ecklonis (Sond.) Puff |
Synonyms | Anthospermum ecklonis Sond. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-500m |
Description | branchlets and leaves scabrously pubescent, leaves opposite, revolute, lanceolate, mucronulate, abaxially whitish, flowers 4-merous, axillary, crowded, corolla scabrous |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
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