Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Otiophora calycophylla (Sond.) Schltr. & K.Schum. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 416 (1901) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 400-1800m |
Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, coriaceous, acute, flowers in short, terminal spike |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anthospermum calycophyllum Sond. Otiophora hebe Verdc. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, TVL Northern Provinces) |