Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Plocama reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) M.Backlund & Thulin |
Bibliography | Taxon 56: 324 (2007) |
Native Range | nw. Sahara to c. Mauritania |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves linear, opposite, the upper verticillate, stipules long ciliate, producing involucre around flowers, inflorescence cymose, calyx bilobate, corolla long tubular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Choulettia reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) Pomel Gaillonia reboudiana Coss. & Durieu Galium reboudianum (Coss. & Durieu) Batt. Jaubertia reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. Neogaillonia reboudiana (Coss. & Durieu) Puff |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, WSA Western Sahara) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) |