Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma uncinatum (Desr.) Kornhall |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147: 386 (2005) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 150-600m |
Description | white hispid, leaves scattered, linear, acute, at base tapered, sessile, subentire, to 3cm, raceme terminal, leafy, in fruit elongate, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale blue, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
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 | Chaenostoma linifolium (Thunb.) Benth. Manulea linifolia Thunb. Manulea uncinata Desr. Sutera linifolia (Thunb.) Kuntze Sutera uncinata (Desr.) Hilliard |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |