Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia longifolia (A.DC.) Lammers |
Bibliography | Taxon 44: 336 (1995) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 30-200m |
Description | branchlets minutely pubescent, virgate, leaves alternate, linear-subulate, rigid, denticulate, glabrous, flowers in elongate raceme, calyx subspherical, lobes subulate |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lightfootia erecta R.D.Wood Lightfootia longifolia A.DC. Lightfootia longifolia var. corymbosa Adamson Lightfootia lanuginosa Cham. Lightfootia longifolia var. oppositifolia Sond. Wahlenbergia longifolia var. corymbosa (Adamson) Welman |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |