Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus saundersii Hook. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 87: t. 5251 (1861) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-900m |
Description | leaf 1, sessile, flatly on surface, broadly elliptic, shortly hirsute, crenate, scapes 1-5, cymes repeatedly ramose, corolla with purple blot; monocarpic |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | 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; cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Streptocarpus tubiflos C.B.Clarke |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |