Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Agathosma marifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 1: 113 (1835) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves curvate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, flat, margins revolute, glandular-crenate, thick, sericeous, flowers in umbel, calyx pubescent, lobes obtuse |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | 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 |
Synonyms | Agathosma foliosa Sond. Agathosma foliosa var. schlechteri Dümmer Diosma marifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. Hartogia foliosa (Sond.) Kuntze Hartogia marifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |