Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium dregeanum (C.Presl) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-1400m |
Description | leaves linear-spathulate, 5cm long, obtuse, mucronate, scapes flexuous, paniculate-ramose, scabrous, spikelets 2-flowered, calyx externally hirsute |
Size | 18-30cm |
Color | whitish red |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Limonium pedicellatum (Wallr. ex Boiss.) Kuntze Statice dregeana C.Presl Statice pedicellata Wallr. ex Boiss. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |