Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Gnidia subulata Lam. |
Bibliography | Ecycl. 2: 765 (1788) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 15-800m |
Description | very ramose, branchlets in youth pubescent, leaves linear-subulate, adaxially subconvex, scattered, glabrous, flowers 3, terminal, calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, acuminate |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early 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 late summer |
Synonyms | Gnidia acutifolia Wikstr. Gnidia biflora Wikstr. Gnidia dimidata Gand. Gnidia juniperifolia var. pubigera Meisn. Gnidia subulata var. pubigera (Meisn.) C.G.Wright Gnidiopsis subulata (Lam.) Tiegh. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |