Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 6: 206 (1830) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves thick, linear-oblong, at apex of cucullate, obtuse, margins and carina hirsute-ciliate, otherwise glabrous, flowers in umbel, calyx glabrous |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white, pink-violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Diosma sedifolia (Schltdl.) D.Dietr. Hartogia sedifolia (Schltdl.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |