Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Psammotropha mucronata (Thunb.) Fenzl |
Bibliography | Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 267 (1840) |
Native Range | Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 30-2900m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, at base elongate, aristate-mucronate, crowded at nodes and at apex of branchlets, pedicels solitary on nodes with subsessile umbels |
Size | 5-50cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mollugo mucronata (Thunb.) Ser. Pharnaceum mucronatum Thunb. Psammotropha androsacea Fenzl Psammotropha androsacea var. enervis Fenzl |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |