Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus haygarthii N.E.Br. ex C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(2): 440 (1904) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 60-1800m |
Description | leaf ovate, crenate, large, inflorescence open, many flowered, broad, calyx lobes linear-oblong, sparsely scabrously white hirsute, corolla narrow; monocarpic |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white, pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Streptocarpus reynoldsii I.Verd. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |