Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Macrostylis villosa (Thunb.) Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 439 (1860) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 30-300m |
Description | branchlets short, pubescent, leaves lanceolate, acute, adaxially flat, glabrous, abaxially carinate, pubescent, flowers in capitate umbel, calyx glabrous, petals 5mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 | Agathosma barbata Spreng. Bucco barbata (Spreng.) Schult. Diosma barbata (Spreng.) DC. Diosma barbigera Thunb. Diosma lanceolata Spreng. Diosma villosa Thunb. Macrostylis barbata A.St.-Hil. ex Steud. Macrostylis lanceolata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |