Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Plocama brevifolia (Pomel) M.Backlund & Thulin |
Bibliography | Taxon 56: 519 (2007) |
Native Range | Algeria to Morocco |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets sericeous-hirsute, leaves lanceolate, 6-10mm, flowers solitary, axillary and terminal, 15mm, calyx lobes unequal, corolla lobes minutely mucronate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring, 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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Putoria brevifolia Coss. & Durieu ex Pomel Putoria brevifolia var. melillensis Maire & Sennen Putoria brevifolia var. microphylla (Pomel) Batt. Putoria brevifolia var. tenella (Pomel) Batt. Putoria brevifolia var. typica Maire Putoria microphylla Pomel Putoria tenella Pomel |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |