Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Sebaea macrophylla Gilg |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 96 (1898) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 300-2900m |
Description | leaves numerous, crowded, broadly cordate or ovate, acute, coriaceous, margins revolute, flowers in few flowered cymes, corolla lobes 8-9mm long, obovate, obtuse |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Sebaea brehmeri Schinz Sebaea fastigiata A.W.Hill Sebaea multiflora Schinz Sebaea schinziana Gilg Sebaea wittebergensis Schinz |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |