Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Phylica selaginoides Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 499 (1860) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 10-1200m |
Description | branchlets dense, minutely pubescent, leaves patent, shortly petiolate, linear, cylindrical, obtuse, abaxially pubescent, floral heads solitary, terminal, involucre subspherical |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |