Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Muraltia rigida E.Mey. ex Turcz. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-1500m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, acerose, leaves few, sessile, scattered, linear-oblong, flat, thick, carnose, obtuse, sepals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, flowers minute |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in 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 | POLYGALACEAE
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