Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma calycinum Benth. |
Synonyms | Sutera calycina (Benth.) Kuntze |
Sutera polysepala Hiern | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | subglabrous, leaves opposite, sublinear, obtuse, sessile, dentate, 1-3cm, flowers numerous in terminal compact raceme, calyx lobes linear-subulate, corolla broadly infundibuliform |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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