Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium kraussianum (Buchinger ex Boiss.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 30-170m |
Description | leaves crowded, rigid, linear-subulate, acerose, adaxially flat, 12mm long, spikelets 2-flowered, bracts coriaceous, calyx narrowly infundibuliform, petals oblanceolate, 8mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Statice kraussiana Buchinger ex Boiss. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |