Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Zaluzianskya microsiphon (Kuntze) K.Schum. |
Bibliography | Just‘s Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 395 (1898) |
Native Range | South Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2700m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, entire, obtuse, sessile, upwards smaller, flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, the upper arranged in compact, bracteate spike, corolla 25mm, pubescent |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nycterinia microsiphon Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |