Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Justicia hoerleiniana Dinter ex P.G.Mey, |
Bibliography | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 300 (1957) |
Native Range | Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | erect, ramose, branchlets green, leaves carnose, shortly petiolate, elliptic or ovate, obtuse, densely pubescent, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, corolla 15mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Justicia cuneata ssp. hoerleiniana (Dinter ex P.G.Mey.) Immelman |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |