Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Barleria rehmannii C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 5(1): 53 (1901) |
Native Range | Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 400-1100m |
Description | branchlets sparsely hirsute, leaves subsessile, 3cm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, at base rounded, subglabrous, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, 2-3cm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 month, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (TVL Northern Provinces) |