Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Gnidia wickstroemiana Meisn. |
Synonyms | Gnidia stricta Wikstr. |
Passerina stricta Thunb. | |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-2100m |
Description | branchlets short, rigid, leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acute, adpressed sericeous-hirsute, flowers in small terminal heads, calyx lobes oblong, obtuse |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Free State) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | THYMELAEACEAE
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