Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Aptosimum viscosum Benth. |
Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1882 (1836) |
Native Range | nw. Cape Prov. to s. Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, shortly sharply acuminate or mucronate, subsessile, shortly glandular pubescent, viscid, flowers axillary, solitary, 15-20mm long, calyx glandular |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | 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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |