Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys galpinii Briq. |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 1082 (1903) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland and Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 5-2200m |
Description | branchlets densely, adpressed lanate, leaves subsessile, ovate, at base rounded, crenate, thick, long lanate, whorls 2-flowered, flowers 5-8mm long |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Stachys lupulina Briq. Stachys natalensis var. galpinii (Briq.) Codd Stachys parilis N.E.Br. Stachys villosissima H.M.L.Forbes |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |