Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma polyanthum Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 375 (1836) |
Native Range | s. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 0-600m |
Description | leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-oval, obtuse, sessile, subdentate, viscid-pubescent, thick, flowers in terminal raceme, calyx viscid, corolla cylindric-infundibuliform |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chaenostoma procumbens Benth. Manulea polyantha (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera infundibuliform Schinz Sutera polyantha (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera procumbens (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |