Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Muraltia empetroides Chodat |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 334 (1912) |
Native Range | Lesotho, Swaziland and Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2000m |
Description | branchlets shortly hirsute, leaves narrowly obovate-oblong, mucronate, fasciculate, shortly sparsely hirsute, sepals obovate-cuneate, ciliate, corolla 5mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Muraltia azorella Chodat Muraltia conjuncta Chodat |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |