Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Lachnaea densiflora Meisn. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 14: 578 (1857) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | branchlets glabrescent, leaves sharply linear, sessile, glabrous, floral heads solitary, terminal, spherical, many flowered, dense, calyx shortly hirsute, lobes ovate, acute |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |