Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Centella glabrata L. |
Synonyms | Centella chamissonis Drude |
Hydrocotyle bupleuriflora A.Rich. | |
Hydrocotyle glabra Thunb. | |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 5-2000m |
Description | sparsely tomentose or glabrous, leaves petiolate, oval or lanceolate, acute, peduncles fasciculate, filiform, umbels 3-5-flowered, petals glabrous, involucral bracts 2, ovate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in spring and 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 | APIACEAE
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