Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Pharnaceum microphyllum L.f. |
Bibliography | Suppl. Pl.: 185 (1782) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | stems virgate, leafy, leaves crowded, ovate-cylindrical, obtuse, stipules lanate and sericeous, flowers numerous in cyme, sepals with white margins |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | white |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ginginsia microphylla (L.f.) DC. Mollugo microphylla (L.f.) Ser. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |