Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma subspicatum Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 376 (1836) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-200m |
Description | leaves elliptic or oblong, obtuse, narrowly decurrent, distinctly dentate, flowers numerous in terminal, spicate raceme, calyx glabrous, lobes lanceolate-linear |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | Sutera subspicata (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |