Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Carpacoce scabra ssp. rupestris Puff |
Bibliography | Fl. S. Africa 31(1; 2): 59 (1986) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-1400m |
Description | very ramose, branchlets at apex minutely pubescent, leaves opposite, linear, subtriangular, acuminate, on margins scabrous, flowers axillary, sessile, calyx lobes acuminate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellowish, greenish |
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 | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |