Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Aizoon hispidissimum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak |
Bibliography | Taxon 66(5): 1163 (2017) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets densely hirsute with long, stiff, patent hairs, leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, pilose, flowers sessile in dense, cymose panicles |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Galenia hispidissima Fenzl ex Sond. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |