Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago hermannioides E.Mey. |
Bibliography | Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 267 (1838) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1500m |
Description | leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, tomentose or sericeous, 6-10mm, flowers in small, dense thyrsoid panicles at apex of branchlets, calyx lanate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |