Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Glumicalyx nutans (Rolfe) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Synonyms | Selago nutans Rolfe |
Glumicalyx alpestris (Diels) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | |
Selago cephalophora E.Mey. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1800-3350m |
Description | leaves 12-30mm, in upper part serrate, thick, hirsute only at margins, inflorescence 2-3cm wide, lobes of corolla narrow, oblong, in anthesis revolute, tube short, 12-16mm |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | reddish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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