Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Genus species | Parapodium simile N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.L.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 559 (1907) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblong to lanceolate, acute, on base rounded, glabrous, umbels lateraly on nodes, pedunculate, 8-9-flowered, sepals lanceolate, corolla campanulate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | purple-brown |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in spring |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |