Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Gnidia galpinii C.H.Wright |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 5(2): 55 (1915) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-1500m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, reddish, leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, margins revolute, flowers terminal, calyx broadly infundibuliform, lobes ovate |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |