Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Monopsis lutea (L.) Urb. |
Synonyms | Lobelia lutea L. |
Lobelia breynii Lam. | |
Lobelia ericoides (C.Presl) D.Dietr. | |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-1100m |
Description | glabrous or sparsely hirsute, leaves lanceolate, serrate, acute, flowers subsessile on apex of stems, producing lax spike, bracts dentate, calyx obconical, corolla hirsute |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | deep yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | open places with poor, moist, sandy soil alpine house, sandy moist soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CAMPANULACEAE
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