Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Anthospermum galioides Rchb. ex Spreng. |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 30-1400m |
Description | leaves deccusate, patent, linear to lanceolate, rigid, thick, glabrous, flowers subsessile, in clusters of 2-6, corolla 4-merous, tube cylindrical, corolla lobes 1-2mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow, reddish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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
galioides reflexifolium (Kuntze) Puff, Fl. S. Africa [L.E.W. Codd & al., eds.) 31(1:2): 30 (1986)
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