Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Agathisanthemum chlorophyllum (Hochst.) Bremek. |
Bibliography | Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 48(2): 159 (1952) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 90-900m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved, yellowish green, subscabrous, sessile, flowers crowded in terminal compact corymb, to 5cm wide, calyx lobes subulate |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Agathisanthemum chlorophyllum var. pubescens Bremek. Hedyotis chlorophylla Hochst. Oldenlandia chlorophylla (Hochst.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |