Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diclis reptans Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 23 (1836) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho and Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-2400m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves opposite, suborbiculate or broadly ovate, rounded, on base subtruncate, thin, petiolate, flowers axillary, 1-2cm long, long pedicellate |
Size | 2-30cm |
Color | white, orange-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Diclis reptans var. serratodentata Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |