Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago compacta Rolfe |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 5(1): 155 (1901) |
Native Range | Free State to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-2100m |
Description | stems minutely pubescent, ramose, leaves fasciculate, crowded, linear, obtuse, pubescent, floral heads spherical, distinctly pedicellate, arranged in terminal compact corymb |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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 (OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |