Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Pharnaceum trigonum Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 2: 286 (1836) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and Free State |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-2000m |
Description | stems short, appresed leafy, leaves fasciculate, acicular, triangular, sharply mucronate, persistent, pedicels scapose, flowers 3-5 in cyme, sepals oblong |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | autumn |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mollugo trigona Steud. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State) |