Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium equisetinum (Boiss.) R.A.Dyer |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 155 (1932) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | leaves obovate or oblanceolate, sharply mucronate, glabrous, scapes numerous, very ramose, forming cylindrical panicle, spikelets 2-flowered, petals oblanceolate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Statice equisetina Boiss. Statice scabrida C.Presl |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |